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Accessibility Study of Rich Web Interface Components

Authors:
Juliana Braga
Rafael Damaceno
Rodrigo Leme
Silvia Dotta

Keywords: Rich Internet; accessibility; WAI-ARIA; Web 2.0

Abstract:
The use of the latest technologies to develop rich interfaces for websites could decrease your accessibility,making problematic the access for people with disabilities. Faced with this problem, this paper executed a study to evaluate the accessibility of rich components on the Web. The paper used WAI-ARIA recommendations as reference and analyzed the accessibility problems found in the Jboss Richfaces components library. The study demonstrates a methodology to make the analyzed rich components accessible.

Pages: 75 to 79

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: January 30, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-177-9

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from January 30, 2012 to February 4, 2012