[wp-hackers] Accessibility of WP back end (was: Is WP back end supposed to work without JavaScript?)

[Eric Marden]

> It's not just the JavaScript/AJAX that makes the UI
> unusable by many though (this also catches those people behind  
> corporate
> firewalls that block JavaScript) as the whole admin interface falls  
> way
> short of meeting WCAG.

Can you explain how a firewall can block a client technology?

+1 for accessibility though.


- Eric Marden
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On May 1, 2009, at 9:31 PM, Lynne Pope wrote:

> 2009/5/2 Jeremy Clarke <jer at simianuprising.com>
>
>> FWIW we have a blind author on our site and he does fine with WP and
>> his screen reader. I'm sure there are some readers that can't handle
>> it as well but his success implies that WP is at least good enough
>> that someone can work it out.
>>
>> Interesting fact: he *prefers* tinymce. Apparently it's more
>> accessible to his screen reader than the code view. (I know a lot of
>> people like it these days, but that still seems counter-intuitive to
>> me :P )
>>
>
> Could your blind user set up and manage his own WP though? Prior to
> WordPress 2.7, disabled users who use assistive devices were able to  
> install
> & run their own sites. <2.7 was not accessible, but was more  
> accessible than
> 2.7+.
>
> During the survey on the new 2.7 UI this was mentioned by several  
> people and
> was loudly shouted down by those who loved the look of the UI. It  
> was also
> raised on wp-testers. It's not just the JavaScript/AJAX that makes  
> the UI
> unusable by many though (this also catches those people behind  
> corporate
> firewalls that block JavaScript) as the whole admin interface falls  
> way
> short of meeting WCAG.
>
> Lynne
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