Am 12.12.2016 um 19:27 schrieb Mario Lang:
Actually, I am afraid most of you have absolutely no idea how bad web accessibility has become in the modern days of realtime web-based applications.
Actually I do, but I may be talking from a minority position here. However, It's not about accessibility, it's that webapps have zero installation overhead and a non-zero barrier between web data and your personal data; for installed applications, it is the other way round.
The digital divide is about to hit really hard with the next wave of new technology hype. HTML + JavaScript was never designed to be an application development platform, and forcing it to be one does not make the job for assistive technology providers easier, in fact, it makes it virtually impossible.
That's one of the things I have been disliking about how the W3C has been pushing Javascript instead of simply extending the set of standard controls. What's also missing is UI design guidelines such as those that have been established for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Most webapps have a horrid user experience even for me, who is neither blind nor colorblind nor mouse-precision-impaired, i.e. usability is bad even for mainstream users. Regards, Jo