Blog Overview

The latest in accessible design, development, and user experience in our Inclusion Blog and the latest in law, strategy, program management, and news in our Business Blog as well as upcoming events.

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