Nick Kew has posted a very interesting proposal to engineer a means to handle Web accessibility on the server-side:
Posted by sniffles at October 31, 2003 12:00 PMThe basic approach is an HTTP proxy that rewrites webpages for accessibility:
- To offer page rewriting options that strip presentational junk that commonly gets in the way of accessibility, whilst leaving page content intact.
- To offer navigational aids such as automatic page outlines and link summaries, including options for information discovery by following page links.
- Different pages present different problems, and a one-size-fits-all approach won't solve everything. Users must be empowered with a choice of different presentation options.
- The system is fully compatible with any Internet browser, not just high-end ones, and requires no more action on the part of end-users than configuring their browsers to use it as proxy.
- The system architecture is based strongly on speed and scalability, and should never become a bottleneck the user's experience of the web.