Greasemonkey Exposes Access Keys

dwclifton@gmail.com (Douglas Clifton) — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:47:00 -0500

Following up on a concept by Jacques Distler, Gez Lemon has posted an article and an amazing little Greasemonkey script that not only exposes any accesskeys that are used by a Web site, it also allows you to edit them the suit your preferences.

Greasemonkey is a most remarkable extension, and could prove incredibly useful for empowering people with disabilities, particularly cognitive difficulties, as it provides a convenient means to repurpose content according to the needs of the visitor.

Well said. Visit: Greasemonkey User Script to Manage Access Keys to learn more and install the script.

Nice work guys!

IBM contributes open source code to make Firefox browser more accessible

dwclifton@gmail.com (Douglas Clifton) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:54:07 -0400

This just in:

In addition to contributing code that will make it possible for Web pages to be automatically narrated or magnified, and to be better navigated with keystrokes rather than mouse clicks, IBM is contributing Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML) accessibility technology to the upcoming Firefox Version 1.5. This will allow software developers to build accessible and navigable "Rich Internet Applications" (RIAs) -- a new class of applications that are particularly visual and interactive. DHTML will also allow users to efficiently navigate content more easily using keystrokes rather than a mouse.

This is being done in support of ongoing work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative, and as part of IBM's commitment to open standards and open source.

Links:

blogZero - Accessibility

Greasemonkey Exposes Access Keys

IBM contributes open source code to make Firefox browser more accessible