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  • 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 […]

  • Top 5 Tests for Web Accessibility

    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 […]

  • What’s ‘large text’ in WCAG 2.0 parlance?

    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…

  • AOL Selects TPGi to Enhance Accessibility of Dynamic Web Applications

    […] 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 […]

  • WAI-ARIA Implementation in JavaScript UI Libraries – updated

    […] 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 […]

  • Webinar Rerecorded: Adobe Flash and WCAG 2

    […] 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 […]

  • Color Contrast Analyzer 2.2 – updated contrast ratio

    […] 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 […]

  • Contrast Analyser, Version 2.1

    The  Colour Contrast Analyser has been updated to reflect changes in WCAG 2.0 Some important clarifications are now included:

  • ARIA Slider, Part 3

    […] 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

  • ARIA Slider, Part 2

    […] 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 […]

  • ARIA Slider, Part 1

    […] 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 […]

  • Applying WAI-ARIA to Yahoo! Mail

    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.

  • AJAX and Screen Readers – Content Access Issues

    […] 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 […]

  • The Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF)

    […] 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 […]