Blog Overview

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alt in HTML5 Required? – to be or not to be

There has been much discussion both within and outside of the W3C HTML5 Working Group about the HTML5 editor’s decision to make the alt attribute optional, to cover those cases…

February 7, 2008Development
AJAX and Screen Readers – Content Access Issues

The rise in the use of AJAX to dynamically change content without refreshing the page has resulted in accessibility problems for users of Assistive Technology such as Screen Readers. The…

February 5, 2008Development
New WAI-ARIA Working Drafts Published

WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and…

February 4, 2008Development
HTML 5 first working draft released

The first working draft of HTML5 has been published: “…to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-html-comments@w3.org. …All feedback is welcome…The publication of this document by the…

January 22, 2008Development
NVDA – a free and open source screen reader for Windows

People often ask on the various accessibility related forums and mailing lists, a question like: If I wanted a Screen reader program which one should I buy? For many developers…

January 16, 2008Development
Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control

Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control.Â YUI Menu authorÂ Todd KlootsÂ and Yahoo! accessibility guruÂ Victor TsaranÂ introduce the WAI-ARIA Roles and States

December 22, 2007Development
Opera’s Lie Blasts Microsoft on IE and Web Standards Support

Take a look at how Opera’s Hakon Lie publicly blasted Microsoft for it’s lack of support of Web Standards! LieÂ states, “Opera has filed a formal complaint with the European…

December 14, 2007Development
The Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF)

IBM announced today (4th, December, 2007)Â the contribution of its Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF)Â to the Eclipse Foundation, an open source community focused on developing a universal platform of frameworks…

December 5, 2007Development
Providing Context for Ambiguous Link Phrases

It’s not unusual to stumble upon ambiguous link phrases on web pages (phrases such as, “Click here”, “More”, and so on). Some screen readers allow users to gather a list…

December 2, 2007Development
CSS Editor bookmarklet for IE

For times when CSS styles need to be tested, on the fly, in Internet Explorer, the CSS editor bookmarklet can come in handy. It was originally developed fromÂ the test…

November 29, 2007Development
Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers

Note: I wrote this article in 2007, there is a 2023 update Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers again. Italian translation Fieldset, Legend e Screen Reader by Roberto Castaldo. The grouping…

November 22, 2007Development
One Reason Why Section 508 Isn’t Working

An area of accessibility that I have been deeply involved in for the past 18 months is the TEITAC (Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee). By the way,…

November 21, 2007Development
The TPGi Voice

For well over a year, several members of the TPGi team and I have been talking about setting up a company blog. The problem is, we have so many things…

November 20, 2007Development