IBM donates source code to Firefox project

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08/22/05
Today's focus: IBM donates source code to Firefox project

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Today's focus: IBM donates source code to Firefox project

By Phil Hochmuth

Open source Web browsing got a boost recently from one of the
free software movement's biggest benefactors, IBM, which said it
would contribute large chunks of code to the next version of
Mozilla's Firefox Web browser.

Specifically, Big Blue is contributing Dynamic Hypertext Markup
Language (DHTML) <http://www.networkworld.com/nllinux5485> code
that will make it easier for disabled users to navigate Web
sites. For instance, IBM's code is supposed to allow people with
vision impairments to see Web pages more easily through
magnification. The software also should help people navigate a
Web page through keyboard commands more easily.

IBM is working with Mozilla and the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) to build these features into Firefox 1.5. IBM and Mozilla
say that the contribution of the DHTML code will also make it
easier for third-party software developers to integrate
accessibility features into software that uses Web browser
technology.

According to separate studies by the U.S. Census Bureau and the
Pew Internet & American Life Project, more users of the Web are
expected to have trouble seeing or using computer input devices,
as the U.S. population gets older and more people with
disabilities start using the Web.

Although IBM's assistance to open source technology has caused
the company some controversy in the past - the firm is still
mired in a $3 billion lawsuit with SCO - it's hard to imagine
anyone objecting to the donation of the DHTML accessibility code
to the open source Mozilla group.

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