%0 Book Section %1 moblieWeb2 %A Brown, Andy %A Yesilada, Yeliz %A Jay, Caroline %A Harper, Simon %B Mobile Web 2.0: Developing and Delivering Services to Mobile Devices %D 2011 %E Ahson, Syed A. %E Ilyas, Mohammed %I Taylor and Francis %K RIAM SASWAT Web accessibility centered human mobile %P 71--94 %T The blind leading the blind: Web accessibility research leading mobile Web usability %X Web 2.0 is truly here: Web applications are becoming widespread and pervasive, powerfully combining social networks, user-generated content, and the ability to make Web pages dynamically update. In the rush to implement these new ideas, however, insufficient regard has been given to enabling all users to access, and interact with, the information. In particular, people with visual impairments can struggle to understand even what a page is offering, let alone use it effectively, and those with motor impairments find it difficult to input information. Web Accessibility refers to the practice of making pages on the Web accessible to all users, especially to those with disabilities. Disabled people typically use assistive technologies to access Web pages in alternative forms such as audio or Braille, or to ease data input, and research has shown that many of the difficulties encountered by these users are also encountered by people using mobile devices to access the Web. Given the overlap between the needs of disabled users and mobile users, we examine this relationship in the context of Web 2.0 - can the emerging solutions for Web 2.0 accessibility, such as WAI-ARIA, also benefit those people wishing to access the same sites using mobile devices? %& 4

@incollection{moblieWeb2, abstract = {Web 2.0 is truly here: Web applications are becoming widespread and pervasive, powerfully combining social networks, user-generated content, and the ability to make Web pages dynamically update. In the rush to implement these new ideas, however, insufficient regard has been given to enabling all users to access, and interact with, the information. In particular, people with visual impairments can struggle to understand even what a page is offering, let alone use it effectively, and those with motor impairments find it difficult to input information. Web Accessibility refers to the practice of making pages on the Web accessible to all users, especially to those with disabilities. Disabled people typically use assistive technologies to access Web pages in alternative forms such as audio or Braille, or to ease data input, and research has shown that many of the difficulties encountered by these users are also encountered by people using mobile devices to access the Web. Given the overlap between the needs of disabled users and mobile users, we examine this relationship in the context of Web 2.0 - can the emerging solutions for Web 2.0 accessibility, such as WAI-ARIA, also benefit those people wishing to access the same sites using mobile devices?}, added-at = {2013-08-07T10:08:46.000+0200}, author = {Brown, Andy and Yesilada, Yeliz and Jay, Caroline and Harper, Simon}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/292138ca16590059bd54d6dcbe6b4e275/wel-manchester}, booktitle = {Mobile Web 2.0: Developing and Delivering Services to Mobile Devices}, chapter = 4, editor = {Ahson, Syed A. and Ilyas, Mohammed}, interhash = {2de69c1e16bae62decc5d962769ba243}, intrahash = {92138ca16590059bd54d6dcbe6b4e275}, keywords = {RIAM SASWAT Web accessibility centered human mobile}, pages = {71--94}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis}, timestamp = {2013-08-07T10:08:46.000+0200}, title = {The blind leading the blind: Web accessibility research leading mobile Web usability}, year = 2011 }