Notes on Web Components + ARIA
After listening to the Google IO web components presentation I decided to take another look at this emerging web technology. It sort of struck me as a client side version of […]
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After listening to the Google IO web components presentation I decided to take another look at this emerging web technology. It sort of struck me as a client side version of […]
July 6, 2012 | Technical
How do I test for accessibility? In short, there are two ways to test the website’s user accessibility: human evaluation or digital evaluation tools. But the most successful approach is […]
June 4, 2012 | Accessibility Strategy
I put together an example page, mainly for my own use, providing some examples of what in WCAG 2.0 terms is considered large and small text. WCAG 2.0 provides the…
May 25, 2012 | Technical
[…] to enhance the accessibility of jQuery, a popular open source toolkit used to build dynamic web applications. This work will foster greater compatibility between consumer-facing web applications and assistive technology […]
March 22, 2010 | Technical
[…] does state that “assistive technology like screen readers are tested extensively with our codebase” Google Web Toolkit GWT 1.5 Widgets have ‘baked in’ ARIA roles and states, and methods to […]
July 13, 2009 | Technical
[…] alternatives in Flash Flash video using captions, audio description, and text transcripts Basic Flash form components Flash datagrid component Flash CSS text size switcher Flash language inheritance Adobe Flex example […]
June 4, 2009 | Technical
[…] ratio at which color combinations are deemed to meet the contrast ratio criteria in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: Guideline 1.4 Distinguishable: Make it easier for users to see […]
December 15, 2008 | Technical
The Colour Contrast Analyser has been updated to reflect changes in WCAG 2.0 Some important clarifications are now included:
September 15, 2008 | Technical
[…] for the individual controls. Give it a try by downloading the source code (still under development). Resources Some similar double ARIA slider components: UIUC slider range widget Filament Group range Slider
June 20, 2008 | Technical
[…] of major browsers supports zooming, there will still be users who prefer to browse their web applications using an increased text size. For this reason, your slider must always inherit […]
June 16, 2008 | Technical
[…] So where do you have to apply this role? Sliders generally consist of two base components: the rail and the thumb. The user can change the slider’s value by dragging […]
May 30, 2008 | Technical
At CSUN 2008, Hans Hillen from TPGi and Victor Tsarin from Yahoo! presented A case study on applying WAI-ARIA to the new Yahoo! mail rich internet application.
March 18, 2008 | Technical
[…] 2 most popular screen readers on the Windows operating system. They both provide access to web pages by taking a copy of the DOM of the page displayed in the […]
February 5, 2008 | Technical
[…] accessibility APIs such as Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) and IAccessible2 to provide unified accessibility to Web content and applications. Initial supporters of this initiative include: Adobe Systems Incorporated (USA) BrailleNet […]
December 5, 2007 | Technical