Accessibility and Bugzilla

[Joel Peshkin]

Jouni Heikniemi wrote:

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> OTOH, there is little reason not to design in pro-accessibility ways 
> whenever that's easily doable. Good alt texts and using form labels is 
> one of the more trivial rules. That's something we should be doing 
> even if we're not aiming for any formal spec conformity.

> <snip>

> Let's talk about the reasoning and targets first. Also, let's not 
> forget that none of us is - to my knowledge - a real accessibility 
> specialist with lots of practical knowledge. While we can follow specs 
> (and sure, I've done screen reader testing and demos in the past), it 
> can also be a lot of work with relatively little practical gain. If 
> somebody needs accessibility for Bugzilla, he would probably be 
> inclined to contact us and co-operate. That sort of approach with 
> somebody really focusing on accessibility stuff might prove more 
> effective in the long run.
>
I think that is a sensible apprach.  We should identify specific style 
elemnts that make sense to address now.  Pushing towards eliminating 
deprecated html elements, speciying language in headers, labeling all 
inputs, using alt tags on images, etc.. are all in this direction.   
Doing that establishes us as a project that is moving in the right 
direction and a good project for an organization with more specific 
requirements and expertise to partner with.