Let's see, since I'm jumping in here completely unaware of previous reports, I'll get the ball rolling by bringing up one of the most glaring issues that I've encountered:<br>Repetetive/non-descriptive link anchors need to be more descriptive and unique. This applies to comment 'reply' links, 'read more' links, etc. The current preferred technique is to place excess text into a span and then use css to make that span 1 pixel and place it outside of the viewable screen area as describe here: <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/C7" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/C7</a><br>
I'm uncertain as to how this would affect the 'reply' situation, should WordPress Trac ticket #10550 ( <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10550">http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10550</a> ) be resolved by changing the links to form inputs; but as it is now, this particular case should be resolved by adding comment id #s into the hidden spans, like <a>reply <span class="hide-me">to comment #</span></a> or similar.<br>
'Read more' can be supplemented by titles. Any other repetetive / unclear anchors should also be similarly supplemented to comply with this guideline. Thoughts?<br>
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Lynne Pope <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lynne.pope@gmail.com" target="_blank">lynne.pope@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
First off, I wish to thank "the powers that be" for responding to my request for this mailing list.<br>I believe that by discussing and proposing changes to improve WordPress accessibility those of us with expertise in this area can make a significant difference.<br>
<br>Let's see if we can gather together all reports of accessibility issues and/or concerns, look at what needs to be done at the code level to correct these, and get moving on bringing WordPress into ATAG and WCAG2.0 compliance.<br>
<br>I'm excited to see this underway!<br><font color="#888888"><br>Lynne<br><br>
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