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* '''Integrating accessibility'''. Making applications accessible should be a core task of Internet and web developers, as important as improving performance and usability in general. This implies that accessibility testing and accessible design should be integrated into the standard web development process. | * '''Integrating accessibility'''. Making applications accessible should be a core task of Internet and web developers, as important as improving performance and usability in general. This implies that accessibility testing and accessible design should be integrated into the standard web development process. | ||
* '''Awareness and Education'''. Infusing each of the above is the need to make users and developers aware of the existing requirements, options and technologies. Sites like [http://www.accessfirefox.org/ Access Firefox] for users, [http://www.mozilla.org/access/ Access Mozilla], for developers and [http://www.w3.org/WAI/ W3C WAI] for web developers, all play a part but more should be done to bring these together. | |||
Our current and proposed future accessibility work fits with these principles as described; note that this includes work funded (or proposed to be funded) by grants as well as work done by Mozilla staff and other contributors. | Our current and proposed future accessibility work fits with these principles as described; note that this includes work funded (or proposed to be funded) by grants as well as work done by Mozilla staff and other contributors. | ||