https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/w/index.php?title=Newsgroup_Summary:_mozilla.dev.accessibility_-_Pre_October_06,_2006&feed=atom&action=historyNewsgroup Summary: mozilla.dev.accessibility - Pre October 06, 2006 - Revision history2024-03-28T18:22:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/w/index.php?title=Newsgroup_Summary:_mozilla.dev.accessibility_-_Pre_October_06,_2006&diff=5184&oldid=prevSherman at 06:53, 13 October 20062006-10-13T06:53:12Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>=Summary: mozilla.dev.accessibility - to October 6, 2006=<br />
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[news://news.mozilla.org/Mozilla.dev.accessibility mozilla.dev.accessibility]<br />
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Authored by Sherman Fernandes, Dean Woodside<br />
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==Announcements==<br />
*[http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.dev.accessibility/browse_thread/thread/83a1720241e31603/c5d14e682913d2b8?hl=en#c5d14e682913d2b8 Legal Precedent Set for Web Accessibility]<br />
*:US Federal court rules that retailers may be sued if its website is inaccsessible. [http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060907/cgth051.html?.v=55 Read more...]<br />
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==Discussions==<br />
*[http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.dev.accessibility/browse_thread/thread/b0d27a9a4e1178ce/cfd52a0084821c29?hl=en#cfd52a0084821c29 W3C Sets Road Map for Web App Accessibility]<br />
*:The W3C introduced its WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative for Accessible Rich Internet Applications) roadmap--a set of guidelines for developers to make accessible web content. This set of documents tackles some of the difficulties that AJAX has been causing with regards to accessibility. [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2020798,00.asp Read more...] <br />
*:'''Other links of interest:'''<br />
*::[http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-roadmap-20060926/ Roadmap for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roadmap)]<br />
*::[http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-role-20060926/ Roles for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA Roles)]<br />
*::[http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-aria-state-20060926/ States and Properties Module for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA States and Properties)]<br />
*::[http://juicystudio.com/article/making-ajax-work-with-screen-readers.php Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers]<br />
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==Meetings==<br />
*[http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.dev.accessibility/browse_thread/thread/1c558538aa59b9bb/4546f51f65631d3b?hl=en#4546f51f65631d3b Accessibility Hackfest 2006] - October 10-12 in Cambridge, MA ([http://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility_Hackfest_2006 more details])<br />
*:Participants include the Mozilla Foundation, IBM, Sun and Novell to name a few.</div>Sherman