My Opera
Screen reader support
By Julien Picalausajulienp. Friday, July 27, 2007 2:36:12 PM
We at Opera care about accessibility and usability issues and we have been working hard on improved screen reader compatibility. The accessibility project was started, aiming among other things at enhancing our screen reader support.
At this point, we are able to announce that we have made great progress and the new functionality will be available in the coming weekly of kestrel.
These are the main points that have been accomplished.
On Windows:
On Mac:
Additionally we met Aaron Leventhal, Mozilla's accessibility guru, this week. In cooperation with Mozilla we'll establish better standards concerning accessibility in Web browsers. It is great to work with people like Aaron - thank you!
And this is only the beginning. We will have more coming on the accessibility side in the coming weeks and months!
At this point, we are able to announce that we have made great progress and the new functionality will be available in the coming weekly of kestrel.
These are the main points that have been accomplished.
On Windows:
- Good support for the Microsoft Accessibility API (MSAA).
- Close cooperation with other screen reader vendors.
On Mac:
- Excellent support of the Mac API for Accessibility.
- Excellent support of VoiceOver.
Additionally we met Aaron Leventhal, Mozilla's accessibility guru, this week. In cooperation with Mozilla we'll establish better standards concerning accessibility in Web browsers. It is great to work with people like Aaron - thank you!
And this is only the beginning. We will have more coming on the accessibility side in the coming weeks and months!
You must be 
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Tamil # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:03:04 PM
ÁlmostigrisAlmostigriss # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:04:54 PM
vladann # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:06:34 PM
//markpoleon # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:14:05 PM
andrewshikaka # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:22:06 PM
strat89 # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:22:19 PM
Doliprane'Doliprane # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:26:16 PM
anyways a post better than nothing I guess lol
ÁlmostigrisAlmostigriss # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:26:31 PM
Lali, Te viszed a zászlót!
Alexis DeveriaFyrd # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:26:35 PM
sebt # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:29:45 PM
Soul Of DoinelSoulOfDoinel # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:32:16 PM
Santeri Piippoaleksanteri # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:33:59 PM
bexs # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:37:51 PM
Jens Christian BlixJensemann # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:42:15 PM
I hope that was correct!
I'm really waiting for this release... I've been following this blog since day 1. Every day!
ÁlmostigrisAlmostigriss # Friday, July 27, 2007 3:51:29 PM
Lalikám: az "időkép" alkalmazást láttam tőled, az meg is vagyon.
Talán van másik is?
ÁlmostigrisAlmostigriss # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:02:12 PM
lucaswarrior # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:08:14 PM
i wait
QuHno # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:11:01 PM
I want a Mac when the new version comes
ggodlewski # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:21:23 PM
skydart # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:21:35 PM
LaliLali19871014 # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:26:50 PM
ÁlmostigrisAlmostigriss # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:37:58 PM
Cocaaladioxine # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:39:34 PM
You're the Best!!
(I'm waiting for the next weekly!!!! Pleeeaase)
DarkDark-Dx # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:41:00 PM
On-topic: That's for the heads up, I already want to test "alex" on leopard/opera
Jorge AbreuJoRgE-1987 # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:45:22 PM
Great work.
Knoni # Friday, July 27, 2007 4:50:06 PM
for skydart
I'm waiting for kestrel
Tri M. NguyenTriMN # Friday, July 27, 2007 5:04:00 PM
erpel # Friday, July 27, 2007 5:04:06 PM
Opera rocks!
Every little bit of improvement on OS X is highly appreciated.
Keep up the great work.
philipp
ps: Just giving another plug to the "save my settings on the my opera account" idea.
Andresandresruiz # Friday, July 27, 2007 5:09:11 PM
Cryptobionika # Friday, July 27, 2007 5:17:50 PM
TopiMrFukov # Friday, July 27, 2007 5:36:50 PM
MyOpera team, please fix this!fearphage # Friday, July 27, 2007 5:40:13 PM
Dustin WilsonKhadgar # Friday, July 27, 2007 6:05:56 PM
Martin RauscherHades32 # Friday, July 27, 2007 6:41:11 PM
it's OPERA!
Arthur WilkinsonGT500 # Friday, July 27, 2007 7:33:48 PM
Originally posted by ggodlewski:
Agreed. We'd like to finally have some voice support on Linux/Unix as well.
Andriy Podanenkopodarok # Friday, July 27, 2007 7:46:35 PM
9.5......
9.5.........
9.5............
we still waiting.......................
8)
Ice ArdorIceArdor # Friday, July 27, 2007 7:58:03 PM
Renansuperenan # Friday, July 27, 2007 8:14:40 PM
Kyle Bakerkyleabaker # Friday, July 27, 2007 8:24:26 PM
Originally posted by fearphage:
Indeed, it will be known as "The Great Kestrel wait of '07", lol. Let's hope you're not correct about suggesting that Kestrel might become vaporware, or that this doesn't extend through '08 & '09. I love Opera and really want to see a solid build when it is released, but at some point..you just get tired of waiting.
Off topic, while Kestrel is still under heavy development it appears that Firefox will be stealing yet another feature from Opera. I'd love to see Opera take some back, sad to say this, but as I keep waiting for Kestrel..Minefield is growing on me more and more. I have a thirst for the bloody cutting edge of browser technology, hehe.
Serpher # Friday, July 27, 2007 8:30:31 PM
dONALD-Blood # Friday, July 27, 2007 8:44:35 PM
Szevasztok
nem et, hanem egy kicsit
Igorigorditerni # Friday, July 27, 2007 8:47:31 PM
Ciao, Igor
wupperbayer # Friday, July 27, 2007 9:35:07 PM
“At this point, we are able to announce that we have made great progress and the new functionality will be available in the coming week
ly of kestrel.”Arnt # Friday, July 27, 2007 10:04:51 PM
Pierrera-mon # Friday, July 27, 2007 11:05:05 PM
crécerelle mangeuse de lézard que nous attendons aussi en France, voire peut-être même en Belgique, avec impatience
Bon courage !
@+
--
Pierre
MyOpera team, please fix this!fearphage # Friday, July 27, 2007 11:32:14 PM
Originally posted by kyleabaker:
Extension builders can quickly and rather easily emulate and improve upon features from Opera (speed dial for instance). Sadly, we must wait for devs to decide which new, requested, and/or competitor features are worth implementing in Opera. In the current configuration, Opera will eternally be playing 'catch up' in some regards. Opera adds speed dial... a month or so later ff has a much more customizable speed dial extension. They added in-line spell checking, firebug, and more many moons ago. We are still waiting. C'est la vie.EDIT: Would it be possible to get a list of 20-50 common feature request and somehow identify (by a staff member) the status of these requests? Like:
considering
working on it (maybe a targeted milestone)
never happening (and why?)
Is that too much to ask? I guess this sort of defies the 'BTS of ultimate secrecy' but it sounds do-able, no?
KujaIXKuja-IX # Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:33:17 AM
Good job Opera team
edupav # Saturday, July 28, 2007 2:14:57 AM
Steve DarkenDarken # Saturday, July 28, 2007 3:16:45 AM
Kyle Bakerkyleabaker # Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:37:58 AM
@fearphage
I agree with you on the possibilities of extensions, but at the same time I also believe what I see..and what I see from Firefox is that average Joe's build these extensions and don't take time to optimize them for performance and speed or security. What I see from Opera is strictly professional development. Maybe slow at times causing me to get impatient, but it's definitely worth waiting for in the end verses poorly written extensions that take over the CPU and crash Opera. I'm torn between the two, but in the end I honestly love Opera's designs because they are always fantastic and well thought out.
Originally posted by fearphage:
That's a great idea. Although I'm not sure that the dev's and/or staff would want to put effort into an extra side project. I mentioned before that we should just create a submission form for wishes and allow the my.opera community to vote for/against or rank the submissions. I mean, the wish list forum is great, but it just doesn't seem to be that effective.