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AJAX Accessibility for Websites

By Brigitte Simard
2008-03-10


Accessibility benefits of AJAX

As well as significantly improving the user experience AJAX applications can also enhance accessibility. For example:

  • Auto-suggest dropdowns can help both users with reading difficulties and motor impairments

    e.g. City and airport suggestions are offered as users enter text

    Screenshot of Kayak auto-suggest dropdown

  • Drag & drop sliders can help users with reading difficulties due to their illustrative nature

    e.g. A click-and-drag slider is used to filter search criteria

    Screenshot of Amazon drag & drop  sliders



Tutorial Pages:
» Introduction
» What is AJAX?
» Accessibility benefits of AJAX
» Accessibility issues caused by AJAX
» Recommendations for AJAX and accessibility


Related Tutorials:
» Getting Started with AJAX in jQuery
» GWT Basics: AJAX Programming with Java
» AJAX and PHP Form Processing
» The obligatory 'My Ajax Tutorial' Post
» A Designer's Guide to Prototyping Ajax
» Ajax Wireframing Approaches

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