JP Gonzalez-Castellan

JP Gonzalez-Castellan

JP is the Program Manager responsible for improving the Accessibility experience in Internet Explorer. He was born in Argentina and got his Computer Science degree at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana. He has been involved at Microsoft with Accessibility since 2004.

Articles Authored

  • Internet Explorer 8 New Accessibility Features

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2008 - Vol. 5 - Issue 4 - Windows Accessibility Focus

    Windows® Internet Explorer® 8 has a lot of cool new features that make Web page browsing more accessible.I’m going to cover Caret Browsing, Zoom Version 2, High DPI, Accessibility Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) support and User Interface Automation (UI Automation) support. Caret Browsing is particularly helpful for low-mobility users. Zoom 2 and High DPI support targets low-vision users, and the new ARIA and UI Automation support targets screen-reader users. Low-mobility users prefer to use the keyboard or devices that interact with a virtual keyboard. Some low-vision users require specialized assistive software to interact with computers while others can do well with features and tools shipped with the operating system.

}