The Ajax Experience - October 23 - 25, 2006 - No Fluff Just Stuff
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Accessibility with Dojo

The Ajax Experience

Boston · October 23 - 25, 2006

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About this Presentation

Learn about Web accessibility issues and how to create Dojo widgets which are accessible to all users.

This presentation will include demonstrations of accessible dojo widgets running with assistive technologies and working with the keyboard. It will also demonstrate and discuss basic accessibility issues with AJAX and simple best practices to improve access for all.

Becky Gibson

Web Accessibility Architect with IBM

Becky Gibson is a Web Accessibility Architect in IBM's Emerging Internet Technologies group. Her current focus is promoting DHTML Accessibility technologies in order to bring full accessibility to the Web. In addition, she is working to promote the accessible use of AJAX technologies in Rich Internet Applications. Becky is an IBM representative to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) working group. She has worked at IBM for 20+ years as a developer on Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Notes and Domino, and IBM Workplace Messaging.