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Dynamic Web Content

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Web applications have provided a good deal of information that is dynamically rendered to users in accordance with their needs. The continuous evolution of web technologies has enhanced the flexibility of interactions with increasingly varied and resourceful web interfaces (i.e. rich interfaces) that support dynamic web content. However, the increase in web interactivity has created accessibility barriers, because users of Assistive Technology (AT) tools may not be aware of the web’s dynamic behaviour and its available controls. The goal of this chapter was to clarify technical factors, as well as to address the main concerns and their outcomes that developers have to deal with, and provide a brief account of current trends in research on this subject. For this reason, this chapter describes the main mechanisms used in web applications that are responsible for providing the dynamic content. In addition, there is a discussion of questions regarding the accessibility of the web resources that form the dynamic content.

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Notes

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    World Wide Web Inventor and W3C Director.

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    http://adaptivepath.org/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications.

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    http://www.nvaccess.org.

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    http://www.freedomscientific.com/Products/Blindness/JAWS.

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    http://www.standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs/.

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    https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/.

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    http://www.gwtproject.org/.

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de Mattos Fortes, R.P., Antonelli, H.L., Watanabe, W.M. (2019). Dynamic Web Content. In: Yesilada, Y., Harper, S. (eds) Web Accessibility. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7440-0_21

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