[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9698: WordPress back end is not accessible

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#9698: WordPress back end is not accessible
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 Reporter:  jhodgdon     |        Type:  task (blessed)
   Status:  new          |    Priority:  normal        
Milestone:  2.9          |   Component:  Accessibility 
  Version:  2.8          |    Severity:  major         
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |  
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Comment(by dwright):

 Hmmm, while I don't want to disagree with someone named,
 "davesgonebananas", It does look like they are meant to apply to web apps
 and/or administration functions.

 http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-AUTOOLS/#ref-WCAG10
 In these guidelines, the term "authoring tool" refers to the wide range of
 software used for creating Web content, including:

     * Editing tools specifically designed to produce Web content (e.g.,
 WYSIWYG HTML and XML editors);
 ...
 ...
     * Tools for site management or site publication, including tools that
 automatically generate Web sites dynamically from a database, on-the-fly
 conversion tools, and Web site publishing tools;


 If what you say is true, (I've never used Basecamp) It appears Basecamp
 does not conform to these accessibility standards and for sure it's not
 alone.

 I believe though, that Gmail does conform.
 "Gmail's basic HTML view now supports a majority of the settings available
 in the normal view."
 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=64950

 this is some interesting history though,
 http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/04/10/gmail-accessibility

 In a quick, non-conclusive, non-thorough test, I was able to
 access/login/send email from Gmail with a non-javascript supported text
 based browser. (Lynx Version 2.8.8dev.1)

 I cannot even edit a post in Wordpress (2.9) with the same browser.

 Of course these are not real accessibility tests, just a casual
 observation.

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