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== Gecko's Accessibility Interfaces are Cross-Platform ==
== Gecko's Accessibility Interfaces are Cross-Platform ==
At the heart of Gecko's accessibility architecture are the cross-platform nsIAccessibility interfaces. The goal is that these be the sum of all accessible toolkits on the various platforms.
At the heart of Gecko's [http://www.mozilla.org/access/architecture accessibility architecture] are the cross-platform [http://landfill.mozilla.org/mxr-test/mozilla/source/accessible/public/nsIAccessible.idl nsIAccessible] interfaces.  


=== Different implementation for each platform ===
The goal is that these interfaces be a cross-platform representation of the abilities of the OS-specific implementations.
However, in the real world, operating systems work differently. A developer that needs to make an application accessible has to do it in different ways, depending on the OS of choice.


=== Comparing the accessibility architectures ===
=== Comparing the accessibility architectures ===
When implementating support for a new system in our cross-platform accessibility architecture, we need to make sure it fits up to the standard of the other implementations.
When implementating support for a new system in our cross-platform accessibility architecture, we need to make sure it fits up to the standard of the other implementations.


One way to do this, is try to find out their pecularities using comparison tables. Below you'll find such comparisons, showing what each accessibility implementation does and does not support.
Below you'll find comparisons of the API features of every platform, side by side.


* [[Accessibility/Comparisons:Roles|Comparison of roles]]
* [[Accessibility/Comparisons:Roles|Comparison of roles]]
* [[Accessibility/Comparisons:States|Comparison of states]]
* [[Accessibility/Comparisons:States|Comparison of states]]
* [[Accessibility/Comparisons:Events|Comparison of events/notifications]]
* [[Accessibility/Comparisons:Events|Comparison of events/notifications]]

Revision as of 19:09, 9 May 2006

Gecko's Accessibility Interfaces are Cross-Platform

At the heart of Gecko's accessibility architecture are the cross-platform nsIAccessible interfaces.

The goal is that these interfaces be a cross-platform representation of the abilities of the OS-specific implementations.

Comparing the accessibility architectures

When implementating support for a new system in our cross-platform accessibility architecture, we need to make sure it fits up to the standard of the other implementations.

Below you'll find comparisons of the API features of every platform, side by side.

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