GCN News: New Firefox browser bulks up on 508 compliance.

[Kevin Cole]

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Government Computer News (GCN) had this story recently, of possible interest
to the Accessibility Team:

URL: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37705-1.html

   The Mozilla Foundation has posted a Voluntary Product Accessibility
   Template (VPAT) [1] for the newest version of its Firefox Web browser,
   the first Section 508 compliance checklist ever posted for a browser,
   according to Aaron Leventhal, web accessibility architect for IBM
   Corp.

   "Every item [applicable to browsers] is supported 100 percent, or
   is supported with some exceptions," Leventhal said. The Firefox
   browser also has a number of features to help disabled users navigate
   dynamic Web pages?features not available in Microsoft?s Internet
   Explorer, Leventhal added.
   ...

   [1] http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/vpat.html
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