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Meeting location:
Meeting location:
IBM/Lotus building
IBM/Lotus building
1 Rogers Street
1 Rogers Street
Room 3382
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA


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<tr><th>Who</th><th>Organization</th><th>Location</th><th>Role</th><th>Attending Gnome summit as well?</th></tr>
<tr><th>Who</th><th>Organization</th><th>Location</th><th>Role</th><th>Attending Gnome summit as well?</th></tr>
   <tr><td>Aaron Leventhal</td><td>IBM</td><td>Boston area</td><td>A11y module owner</td><td>Partially</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Aaron Leventhal</td><td>IBM</td><td>Boston area</td><td>A11y module owner</td><td>Partially</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Frank Hecker</td><td>IBM</td><td>Mozilla Foundation</td><td>Mozilla Foundation Excutive Director</td><td>No</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Frank Hecker</td><td>Mozilla Foundation</td><td>Columbia, MD</td><td>Mozilla Foundation Excutive Director</td><td>No</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Mark Pilgrim</td><td>IBM</td><td>Raleigh, NC</td><td>Chrome a11y owner</td><td>No</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Mark Pilgrim</td><td>IBM</td><td>Raleigh, NC</td><td>Chrome a11y owner</td><td>No</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Peter Parente</td><td>IBM</td><td>Chapel Hill, NC</td><td>LSR(Linux Screen Reader) lead</td><td>Partially</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Peter Parente</td><td>IBM</td><td>Chapel Hill, NC</td><td>LSR(Linux Screen Reader) lead</td><td>Partially</td></tr>
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   <tr><td>Shane Anderson</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines &amp; testing</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Shane Anderson</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines &amp; testing</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Aaron Andersen</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines &amp; testing (one of the founders of XUL Planet)</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Aaron Andersen</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines &amp; testing (one of the founders of XUL Planet)</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
  <tr><td> David Bolter (or colleague)</td><td>University of Toronto</td><td>Toronto, Canada</td><td>GOK developer</td><td>?</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>oatsoft.org</td><td>Exeter, England</td><td>no project yet</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>oatsoft.org</td><td>Exeter, England</td><td>no project yet</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Rich Caloggero</td><td>WGBH</td><td>Boston, MA</td><td>No declared project</td><td>No</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Rich Caloggero</td><td>WGBH</td><td>Boston, MA</td><td>No declared project</td><td>No</td></tr>
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   <tr><td>Mike Pedersen</td><td>Sun</td><td>San Francisco, CA</td><td>Orca Usability Engineer</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Mike Pedersen</td><td>Sun</td><td>San Francisco, CA</td><td>Orca Usability Engineer</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Cal Swart</td><td>IBM</td><td>Hawthorne, NY</td><td>accessibilityWorks</td><td>No</td></tr>
   <tr><td>Cal Swart</td><td>IBM</td><td>Hawthorne, NY</td><td>accessibilityWorks</td><td>No</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Nagappan A</td><td>Novell</td><td>Bangalore, India</td><td>LDTP Lead</td><td>Partially</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Zhaozhou Li</td><td>SUN</td><td>Beijing, China</td><td>Solaris Desktop</td><td>Yes</td></tr>


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=== HTML, DHTML & AJAX accessibility overview (Aaron Leventhal) ===
=== HTML, DHTML & AJAX accessibility overview (Aaron Leventhal) ===


=== Plug-in accessibility (Java, PDF, Flash, etc.) ===
 
* Keyboard navigation (into, out of, mnemonics)
* Exposing the accessibility APIs from plugins


=== Testing overview ===
=== Testing overview ===
* Current testing procedures, Wayne Deangelo,
* Current testing procedures, Wayne Deangelo,
* LDTP demo and discussion
* LDTP demo and discussion, Nagappan A,
* How can we improve testing (automation, unit testing coverage, cooperation)
* How can we improve testing (automation, unit testing coverage, cooperation)


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* Events
* Events


=== XForms accessibility, demo and discussion led by Alexander Surkov ===
 


=== OS X accessibility, led by Hwaara ===  
=== OS X accessibility, led by Hwaara ===  

Latest revision as of 15:20, 25 November 2006

Mozilla Accessibility Summit

October 10-12 in Cambridge, MA

Meeting location:

IBM/Lotus building

1 Rogers Street

Room 3382

Cambridge, MA

Participants and Presentations

Introductions

WhoOrganizationLocationRoleAttending Gnome summit as well?
Aaron LeventhalIBMBoston areaA11y module ownerPartially
Frank HeckerMozilla FoundationColumbia, MDMozilla Foundation Excutive DirectorNo
Mark PilgrimIBMRaleigh, NCChrome a11y ownerNo
Peter ParenteIBMChapel Hill, NCLSR(Linux Screen Reader) leadPartially
Ginn ChenSunBeijing, ChinaA11y peer, focus on LinuxYes
William WalkerSunNashua, NHOrca leadYes
Bill HanemanSunDublin, IrelandATK/AT-SPI leadYes
Hakan WaaraIndependentStockholmn, SwedenOSX a11yNo
Shane AndersonWebAIM, Utah State UniversityLogan, UTXUL a11y guidelines & testingYes
Aaron AndersenWebAIM, Utah State UniversityLogan, UTXUL a11y guidelines & testing (one of the founders of XUL Planet)Yes
Steve Leeoatsoft.orgExeter, Englandno project yetYes
Rich CaloggeroWGBHBoston, MANo declared projectNo
Peter KornSunOakland, CAUNIX AccessibilityYes
Mike PedersenSunSan Francisco, CAOrca Usability EngineerYes
Cal SwartIBMHawthorne, NYaccessibilityWorksNo
Nagappan ANovellBangalore, IndiaLDTP LeadPartially
Zhaozhou LiSUNBeijing, ChinaSolaris DesktopYes

Overview of where we are and where we're going

  • Cross platform accessibility, API support
  • Support for XUL, HTML, DHTML, upcoming XForms support
  • Potential upcoming projects: SVG, MathML, Webforms

AT demos and technical discussion

  • Orca (William Walker)
  • LSR (Peter Parente)
  • GOK (David Bolter)

Gnome/Mozilla overlap (led by Bill Haneman)

  • E.g. what changes are needed in DHTML a11y or ATK in order to have them work well together?

XUL accessibility overview (by Mark Pilgrim)

  • Brief discussion of non-Firefox apps and extension projects

XUL Accessibility Guidelines & Evaluation (by Shane Anderson and Aaron Andersen)

  • Overview of XUL guidelines
  • Evaluation methods and tools

HTML, DHTML & AJAX accessibility overview (Aaron Leventhal)

Testing overview

  • Current testing procedures, Wayne Deangelo,
  • LDTP demo and discussion, Nagappan A,
  • How can we improve testing (automation, unit testing coverage, cooperation)

Architecture discussions:

  • Cache
  • Wrap classes
  • Tree walking
  • Hypertext accessible
  • Events


OS X accessibility, led by Hwaara

Split into groups, work on individual problems (bring your debuggers)

  • Linux group
  • Mac group
  • XForms group
  • XUL/UI group (work on new XUL a11y guidelines skeleton)
  • Testing group

accessibilityWorks demo led by Cal Swart

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