Artur OrtegaAJAX and mobile web:

Challenges and chances

for accessibility 2.0

Funkas TillgänglighetsdagarStockholm

14 - 15 April 2010www.funkanu.se

Who is Artur Ortega?

Blind Software Engineer

Who is Artur Ortega?

Introduction

"To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.” –Jose Ortega y Gasset

History

Static content

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Collaborative knowledge

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Simple forms

Today

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Javascript

Automatic conversion from simple, accessible data tables to YUI Charts

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Javascript

Easy YouTube player by Christian Heilmann

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AJAX

Currency converter

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AJAX

Facebook on the new Yahoo! homepage

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YQL

Using YQL to translate Twitter search results into Swedish

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API

Accessible Twitter

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Mobile

Foursquare

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Mobile

Compass

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Mobile

Navigation

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Mobile

Yahoo! Messenger

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Mobile

Other useful applications

• Starbucks• Toiluxe• Qype Radar• Tube Deluxe• London Bus• Tesco Clubcard

Tomorrow

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Accessibility

After being surprised by the extent to which accessible web and mobile apps can improve independence, we start to wonder what impact an accessible environment has, and we begin to understand the fundamental need for accessibility to create a better tomorrow.

Conclusion

“Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.”

–Jose Ortega y Gasset

Accessibility

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Artur Ortega

Accessibility Evangelist Yahoo! Europe Ltd125 Shaftesbury AvenueLondon WC2H 8ADUnited Kingdomortega@yahoo-inc.com