Posted by bowersox on November 11, 2009 at 11:10pm
The focus of the Drupal 7 code slush has now shifted to Accessibility, Usability and Performance. Dries and webchick are prioritizing many patches that the 'Accessibility Task Force' had focused on. Yay!
Some important accessibility enhancements have now been committed to D7 core:
- #541612: Sortable table header links lack accessible purpose and context
- #551034: Find Content filter accessibility
- #541568: Link to expand / collapse fieldsets has poorly accessible link text
- #521852: Local tasks (tabs) lack semantic markup to indicate an active task
- #447816: Relying on a color to indicate a field validation error
- and 4 patches that add proper headings to status/error messages, navigation menus, breadcrumbs, and the pager
Your help is needed to review and refine other key improvements:
- #169912: Garland: Use appropriate header-tags following the W3C
- #622136: User/People admin filter accessibility (this one just needs review!)
- #467296: Accessibility improvements for vertical tabs
- #448292: Drag-n-drop for table rows is not accessible (needs work)
- #558928: Form element labeling is inconsistent, inflexible and bad for accessibility
- and 3 ARIA improvements for installation progress indicator, autocomplete, and password strength indicator.
The new deadline for this phase is December 1 so as of today we have just under 3 weeks left.
Read more about the code slush rules and Dec 1 deadline for accessibility:
http://buytaert.net/drupal-7-code-freeze-status-update-and-next-steps
See the full list of accessibility issues.
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I'm not actively
I'm not actively participating in most of these, but I see them active in the issue tracker. Really nice to see a coordinated group effort happening around this topic. Good work team!
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News Flash:
Skip Navigation is now in all core themes in Drupal 7.
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Thanks to: mgifford, Jeff Burnz, Cliff, Everett Zufelt, annmcmeekin, johnbarclay, alexanderpas, Dave Reid, John Albin, and webchick and Dries!
@yoroy: Thanks for the support! The Drupal community has been great and we've all made big steps forward for accessibility!
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