The title attribute – what is it good for? (resurrected)
While working at vision australia I presented at Web Essentials 05 on the HTML title attribute, which lead to…
Development
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control
Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control. YUI Menu author Todd Kloots and Yahoo! accessibility guru…
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!…
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…
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…
CSS Editor bookmarklet for IE
For times when CSS styles need to be tested, on the fly, in Internet Explorer, the CSS editor bookmarklet…
Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers
Italian translation Fieldset, Legend e Screen Reader by Roberto Castaldo. The grouping and labelling of thematically related controls within…
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…
The TPGi Voice
For well over a year, several members of the TPGi team and I have been talking about setting up…
