AJAX
Eeeeeaaarrrggghhhhh....
People seem to have found a new way to make Web pages that aren't very usable for the blind.
AJAX is its name, and it's causing a lot of excitement about creating "rich user experiences".
I automatically cringe when I hear that. The Web works because HTML doesn't really define the "user experience", it defines the structure of a document with headings and text and links and stuff. You can layer on a "user experience" with some optional, ignorable, CSS. This means that screen readers can ignore the "user experience" designed by people who assume everyone can see a two-dimensional display surface, and examine the actual structure of the page.
