[OpenID] [diso-project] OpenID Accessibility

[Nate Angell]

Chris's ideas on openid accessibility are interesting...another  
example of something that can be hung off a user-centric identity.

I wanted to make sure folks were aware of the Fluid Project's work on  
open source, accessible, reusable javascript user interface  
components. You can see demos here:
http://fluidproject.org/index.php/demos

Fluid takes extra special care on accessibility issues.

On Nov 2, 2008, at 6:56 AM, Chris Messina wrote:

>
> I'm reluctant to write about this, because I've been afraid of the
> answer, but I wanted to broach the subject of OpenID Accessibility.
> Google tells me that this issue has only been raised once before [1]
> and it didn't seem to dredge up much of a response.
>
> With IIW coming up, I thought I might put in a request that
> accessibility be considered.
>
> To this end, I'd like to throw out an idea on serving user preferences
> according to accessibility needs... namely through the use of AX. I
> can imagine an AX schema for accessibility that would allow an OP to
> request that a high contrast version of a site be displayed, or that a
> certain stylesheet be used for forms... While I imagine that much of
> these issues should be handled by the user's browser, it seems to me
> that OpenID through AX could make more specific requests of RPs to
> alter themselves to the needs of a given user.
>
> I also wanted to bring up the issue around user flows, language and
> the like... and what the experience is like for blind people when
> they're bounced from one site to another in the OpenID flow... and how
> we could make that flow better.
>
> Interestingly, I'd like to point out (and Derek can attest to this)
> that better and more accessible designs often improve the usability
> for typical users without special needs.
>
> Chris
>
> [1] http://openid.net/pipermail/general/2008-March/004324.html
>
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