Ruby on Rails and web accessibility
Posted by Eric Stewart Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:27:00 GMT
It so happens that much of the web work I have done in the past (and at present) has had a strong accessibility requirement. Most of the standard accessibility techniques are not difficult, improve usability anyway, and encourage use of standards.
Certainly there are many wrenches to through into the accessibility cogs. Javascript and Ajax are two big ones right now that make things more difficult. But from what I can tell they can be utilized also with careful design (and knowledge of degradation techniques).
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