Improving Web accessibility through an enhanced open-source browser

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 573-588

  Hanson, Vicki L ^a   Brezin, Jonathan P ^a   Crayne, Susan ^a   Keates, Simeon ^a   Kjeldsen, Rick ^a   Richards, John T ^a   Swart, Cal ^a   Trewin, Shari ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WEB BROWSERS; WEBSITES;

OPEN SOURCE BROWSER; WEB ACCESSIBILITY; WEB USABILITY;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 23744434934     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.443.0573     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. V. L. Hanson, "Facing the Future: Including Elderly Users When Considering Universal Access," in Universal Access m HCI: Inclusive Design in the Information Society, Volume 4, C. Stephanidis, Editor, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, NJ (2003), pp. 394-398.
2. S. Trewin, "Configuration Agents, Control, and Privacy," Proceedings of the ACM 2000 Conference on Universal Usability (CUU 2000), Arlington, VA, November 16-17, 2000, ACM, New York (2000), pp. 9-16.
3. J. A. Jacko, A. B. Barreto, G. J. Marrnet, J. Y. M. Chu, H. S. Bautsch, I. U. Scott, and R. H. Rosa, "Low Vision: The Role of Visual Acuity in the Efficiency of Cursor Movement," Proceedings of the Fourth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS 2000), Arlington, VA, November 13-15, 2000, ACM, New York (2000), pp. 1-8.
4. V. L. Hanson, "Web Access for Elderly Citizens," Proceedings of the Workshop on Universal Accessibility of Ubiquitous Computing (WUAUC'01), Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, May 22-25, 2001, ACM, New York (2001), pp. 14-18.
5. IBM Home Page Reader 3.04, IBM Corporation, http://www-3.ibm.com/able/ solution_offerings/hpr.html.
6. V. L. Hanson and S. Crayne, "Personalization of Web Browsing: Adaptations to Meet the Needs of Older Adults," Universal Access in the Information Society, in press.
7. V. L. Hanson and J. T. Richards, "Achieving a Usable World Wide Web," Behaviour and Information Technology, in press.
8. J. T. Richards and V. L. Hanson, "Web Accessibility: A Broader View," Proceedings of the Thirteenth International ACM World Wide Web Conference (WWW2004), New York, May 19-21, 2004, ACM, New York (2004), pp. 72-79.
9. P. Gregor, A. F. Newell, and M. Zajicek, "Designing for Dynamic Diversity - Interfaces for Older People," Proceedings of the Fifth International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS 2002), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 8-10, 2002, ACM, New York (2002), pp. 151-156.
10. Older Adults and Information Technology: A Compendium of Scientific Research and Web Site Accessibility Guidelines, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (2002).
11. A. Arditi, "Web Accessibility and Low Vision," Aging & Vision 14, No. 2, 2-3 (Fall, 2002).
12. K. V. Echt, "Designing Web-Based Health Information for Older Adults: Visual Considerations and Design Directives," in Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web, R. W. Morrell, Editor, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, NJ (2002), pp. 61-88.
13. S. J. Czaja and C. C. Lee, "Designing Computer Systems for Older Adults," in The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook, J. Jacko and A. Sears, Editors, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, NJ (2003), pp. 413-427.
14. S. Dailey, "Using Cognitive Aging and Vision Research to Develop Senior-Friendly Online Resources," AARP (2004), http://assets.aarp. org/www.aarp.org_/articles/research/oww/university/DaileySlides.ppt.
15. S. Trewin, "Automating Accessibility," Proceedings of the Sixth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS 2004), Atlanta, GA, October 18-20, 2004, ACM, New York (2004), pp. 71-78.
16. WebAdapt2Me, IBM Corporation, http://www-306.ibm.com/able/ solution_offerings/WebAdapt2Me.html.
17. P. G. Fairweather, V. L. Hanson, S. R. Detweiler, and R. S. Schwerdtfeger, "From Assistive Technology to a Web Accessibility Service," Proceedings of the Fifth International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS 2002), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 8-10, 2002, ACM, New York (2002), pp. 4-8.
18. Mozilla 1.x Releases, The Mozilla Organization, http://www.mozilla.org/ releases/.
19. Download Firefox, The Mozilla Organization, http://www.mozilla.org/ products/firefox/all.html.
20. M. De La Rue and S. Snider, Linux Accessibility HOWTO, The Linux Documentation Project, http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Accessibility-HOWTO/.
21. D. Bolter, Linux Accessibility Resource Site (LARS), Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC), http://lars.atrc.utoronto.ca/.
22. Disability Access to GNOME, The GNOME Project, http://developer.gnome.org/ projects/gap/.
23. Welcome to XULPlanet, XULPlanet.com, http://xulplanet.com/.
24. N. Deakin, XPCOM Interfaces, XULPlanet.com (November 13, 2004), http://xulplanet.com/tutorials/xultu/xpcom.html.
25. ViaVoice, IBM Corporation, http://www-306.ibm.com/software/voice/ viavoice/.
26. S. Keates, P. Langdon, P. J. Clarkson, and P. Robinson, "User Models and User Physical Capability," User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (UMUAI) 12, No. 2-3, 139-169 (2002).
27. E. Grundy, D. Ahlburg, M. Ali, E. Breeze, and A. Sloggett, Disability in Great Britain: Results of the 1996/7 Disability Follow-Up to the Family Resources Survey, Department for Work and Pensions, UK.
28. Disabilities/Limitations, National Center for Health Statistics, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/disable.htm.
29. The Market for Accessible Technology - The Wide Range of Computer Abilities and Its Impact on Computer Technology, Forrester Research, Inc. (2003), http://www.microsoft.com/enable/research/phasel.aspx.
30. S. Trewin and H. Pain, "Keyboard and Mouse Errors Due to Motor Disabilities," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 50, No. 2, 109-144 (February 1999).
31. S. Trewin, "Extending Keyboard Adaptability: An Investigation," Universal Access in the Information Society, in press.
32. R. Kjeldsen, "Head Gestures for Computer Control," Proceedings of the IEEE ICCV Workshop on Recognition, Analysis and Tracking of Faces and Gesture - Real Time Systems (RATFG-RTS '01), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 13-August 13, 2001, IEEE Press, New York (2001), pp. 61-67.
33. R. Kjeldsen, A. Levas, and C. Pinhanez, "Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision-Based User Interfaces," Machine Vision and Applications 16, No. 1, pp. 323-332 (2004).
34. J. Brewer, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium, http://www.w3.org/WAI/.
35. W. Chisholm, G. Vanderheiden, and I. Jacobs, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, World Wide Web Consortium (May 5, 1999), http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/.
36. Section 508 Standards, Center for IT Accommodation (CITA), Office of Governmentwide Policy, U.S. General Services Administration, http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=12.
37. J. Maeda, K. Fukuda, H. Takagi, and C. Asakawa, "Web Accessibility Technology at the IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory," IBM Journal of Research and Development 48, No. 5/6, 735-748 (2004).
38. B. Leporini and F. Paternò, "Increasing Usability when Interacting through Screen Readers," Universal Access in the Information Society 3, No. 1, 57-70 (March 2004).
39. J. Mankoff, A. Dey, U. Batra, and M. Moore, "Web Accessibility for Low Bandwidth Input," Proceedings of the Fifth International ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS 2002), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, July 8-10, 2002, ACM, New York (2002), pp. 17-24.
40. Beyond Accessibility: Treating Users with Disabilities as People, Neilson Norman Group (November 11, 2001), summary available at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011111.html.
41. J. J. Powlik and A. I. Karshmer, "When Accessibility Meets Usability," Universal Access in the Information Society 1, No. 3, 217-222 (June 2002).
42. V. L. Hanson, "Taking Control of Web Browsing," New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia 10, No. 2, 127-140 (December 2004).
43. J. Gunderson, "W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 for Graphical Web Browsers," Universal Access in the Information Society 3, No. 1, 38-47 (March 2004).
44. I. Jacobs, J. Gunderson, and E. Hansen, User Agent Accessibility Guidelines, World Wide Web Consortium (October 16, 2002), http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/PR-UAAG10-20021016/.