IE 8 beta with WAI ARIA SUPPORT!
This is amazing news in terms of WAI ARIA implementation ! The W3C defines ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)…
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Screen Readers lack emphasis
In a recent thread on the Web Standards Group mailing list, the question arose about whether Screen Readers support…
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alt in HTML5 – Moving Forward
As a result of some sage advice from Jason White (a W3C veteran), amongst others. Myself, Laura Carlson and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!…
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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…
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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…
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CSS Editor bookmarklet for IE
For times when CSS styles need to be tested, on the fly, in Internet Explorer, the CSS editor bookmarklet…
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Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers
Italian translation Fieldset, Legend e Screen Reader by Roberto Castaldo. The grouping and labelling of thematically related controls within…
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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…
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The TPGi Voice
For well over a year, several members of the TPGi team and I have been talking about setting up…
