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
13
AJAX
Facebook on the new Yahoo! homepage
14
YQL
Using YQL to translate Twitter search results into Swedish
15
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
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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.
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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 [email protected]
