Microsoft announce support for ARIA

This is the news many of us have been waiting for. The announcement that in Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft will be supporting the WAI ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) Syntax.
ARIA is essential to the future of accessible applications on the Internet as it enables developers to define custom controls correctly. This in turn means that access technologies can understand them. The fact that Microsoft are now joining others in supporting ARIA is great news!

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