[CEUD-ICT] User Testing RIAs (Google reader)

[Joshue O Connor]

Hi Barry,
> A somewhat belated response to this.  I did watch the video and
> it certainly is interesting, and gives a good, if somewhat
> depressing, perspective on the reality "on the ground" of WAI-ARIA.

Thanks for the feedback. The video isn't really a critique of WAI-ARIA
(there is very little ARIA in the app) but more of RIA complexity. This
is an important point. The context was initially to look for ARIA stuff
in the app, but there was really very little. When ARIA works it is
usually quite elegant. The real howler was the complexity of the app and
the use of the Axsjax framework.


> Can I just ask if you (or anyone else on the list) have done any
> work on testing gmail (which, I presume, also qualifies as a rich
> text application, at least in its "standard" form) with users
> with disabilities? It's a matter somewhat close to home, as DCU
> has just (two weeks ago) deployed gmail to all its students,
> replacing its traditional email service. Of course, I'm also
> interested in accessibility of the fall back "basic HTML"
> version.

I haven't done any testing, so it would be great to hear others views.

Cheers

Josh

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