In regards to XML: haha, they are "human readable" but I can't read them either. But the thing is, that is still better than nothing. In fact that's scarily lik

In regards to XML: haha, they are "human readable" but I can't read them either. But the thing is, that is still better than nothing. In fact that's scarily like fancy gmail vs. the newer yahoo mail interface - the former is like some xml formats, the latter is nothing at all. I know many webapps cannot be translated so easily into linear and text-only pages, hence I think at least some comment up at top about different options for doing something similar or an informational message about what is required for this app is a good idea if all other options have been exhausted. I understand some apps are inherently inaccessible and there's probably going to be no good solution for presenting them in an accessible manner, but the number of those are very small. e.g. Gmail does not fit into that, think of what webmail was before web2.0. I'm not even talking about some of the fancier features of the webapp like chat, just the basic email functionality. So no, it's not quite like requiring that CNN do that. Just that they provide a CC feed. The rest are not so relevant. Nor do I want to force every site to be accessible, as it really depends on what the site is. But like i've pointed out, yahoo mail is a horrible reminder of how a big site with a popular product is just ignoring a bunch of people. I can't even count the number of folks I've had to move to gmail from hotmail/yahoo mail because the latter two are just becoming a mess in their screenreaders. Might I point out that this isn't just for the visually disabled. I have an iPhone and no matter how much Steve Jobs goes on about how I can see nytimes.com in all its full glory, it sucks. In fact, a lot of regular sites suck a lot in mobile Safari. My fingers ache from zooming in and out and trying to click on tiny links and getting unexpected behavior. Like, I use sigalert.com daily on the phone, and I can't click accident/traffic reports on the map because whoever designed that was expecting someone with a mouse to click, not a fat finger on a small display. If it works and I actually pressed the right thing, the ajax popup of accident/traffic detail shows up somewhere totally different. But, I have the option of going elsewhere on the same site for a list of accidents by freeway. It sucks, but it's still something, and something a LOT easier to look at on my phone. And most sites can do something like that, hence my bitching. I would be hard pressed to find a site where the same information cannot be presented in a more accessible manner. Sure it's not as nice and for the average user it's pretty dumb, but it is better than nothing. Lastly, I think what you're looking for is http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria which is a start.