disclosure-button custom control
Cedric Trevisan and I have been cooking up a simple custom element, web component (using polymer) that provides a flexible disclosure control with accessibility baked in. It’s still in progress…
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Short note on alt in HTML
It is no longer a WCAG 2.0 conformance failure to have an <img> without an alt attribute, as long as the img element has an accessible name provided using another…
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Usability and accessibility opportunities in a web component world
A discussion on the WHATWG list about the limitations/issues with the current design of the summary and details elements, brought forth the following comment:
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Some stuff that doesn’t work between the DOM and Shadow DOM
Been reading a few new articles on Web Components and accessibility, which lead me to re-read an old post I wrote: Notes on Web Components + ARIA. I noted the…
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HTML5Accessibility.com updated
Since October 2010 I have been testing and recording information on HTML5Accessibility.com about the implementation of accessibility support in browsers for new HTML5 features. I had let the updates to the…
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doesn’t work in lynx
I regularly encounter the argument that a particular feature is not accessible because it doesn’t work in a text browser such as Lynx. Most recently this claim was in reference…
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HTML5 Accessibility Chops: hidden and aria-hidden support on the UP!
Latest Update: The state of hidden content support in 2016 At the start of 2012 I published results on the state of HTML5 hidden attribute support and aria-hidden attribute support….
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Short Note on ARIA, Dragon and Standards
There has been ongoing discussion, mainly on twitter, about Dragon naturally speaking, ARIA and Accessibility APIs. A recent tweet informs these notes.
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The HTML5 Document Outline
Is a concept that lives in the HTML specification, but is essentially a fiction in the real world. It is a fiction because user agents have not implemented it and…
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Notes on Guidelines For Speech accessible HTML for Dragon NaturallySpeaking
In a recent tweet Jared Smith linked to Guidelines For Speech accessible HTML for Dragon NaturallySpeaking (PDF) A ‘White Paper’ published in 2009 by Nuance containing ‘guidance’ on how to…
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aViewer intro
Here at the paciello group we are very excited by the improvements being made to our aViewer accessibility API information inspection tool. We want to share the updated aViewer with…
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Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013
Adding ARIA landmarks to your existing site, or to a site you are developing, provides useful global navigation features and aids understanding of content structure for users. Over time the…
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On joining the HTML editors team
I am honoured and excited to say I am now a member of the W3C HTML editors team. Joining Robin, Erika, Silvia, Ted and Travis to work on continuing the…
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Using HTML 5.1
tl;dr If you are an HTML author or developer – use the HTML 5.1 Nightly edition of the HTML specification. What is this thing called HTML? It can be confusing,…
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Mobile Accessibility Survey
Mobile Accessibility Survey – Closed 31st January 2013 Mobile Survey Results page If you have a disability, are a mobile user and have 5 minutes to spare please take a…
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Using the HTML title attribute – updated March 2020
Note: This post has the same content as our 2010 post. They each originally addressed different aspects of the title attribute, but now they match. We are keeping both of…
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Notes on accessibility of Microsoft.com’s new home page
Microsoft.com has a new home page. It uses HTML5 and ARIA. I have done a quick review of their usage. There are a few issues…
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HTML5 Accessibility – September 2012
HTML5Accessibility.com has been updated to reflect HTML5 accessibility support in the latest browser versions.