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  • HTML5 Accessibility Chops: the alt decision

    A recent decision by the W3C HTML working group has caused much discussion and some consternation within the accessibility community and wider web development community.

    April 27, 2011Technical

  • HTML5 Accessibility Chops: Just use a (native HTML) button

    Many User interface widgets can be developed using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, in some cases developers build custom versions of native HTML controls because they cannot achieve the exact look…

    April 19, 2011Technical

  • HTML5 Accessibility Chops: the placeholder attribute

    The placeholder attribute: The placeholder attribute can be used to place text inside an empty input type=”text” or textarea, the text is removed when the element receives focus.

    February 18, 2011Technical

  • HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives

    HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives is a work in progress currently edited by me, I encourage anyone with an interest to contribute to its development.

    May 17, 2010Technical

  • Notes on accessibility of text replacement using HTML5 canvas

    Roger Johannson recently blogged on issues with Cufon Accessibility in relation to Assistive Technology, which is well worth a read. It prompted me to do a little testing:

    June 9, 2009Technical

  • Thinking About HTML 5 canvas Accessibility

    The canvas element is a new element of the ‘in progress’ HTML 5 specification, it provides the ability to create dynamically generated graphics in HTML in conjunction with JavaScript. It…

    June 8, 2009Technical

  • A Brave New alt in {HTML5}

    Update 08/08/09 What the King of HTML5 giveth, he taketh away. The use of { } is now HTML5 history. You can wonder at the greatness of his latest proclamations…

    August 4, 2008Technical

  • Circumventing Hegemony in the HTML WG

    Raising Issues In order to raise an issue or proposal in regards to the HTML5 specification you do not have to be a member of the W3C HTML Working Group…

    July 4, 2008Technical

  • ARIA Slider, Part 3

    After covering a basic ARIA slider as well as a more complex slider component, we will take a closer look at how a slider can be used to create a…

    June 20, 2008Technical

  • ARIA Slider, Part 2

    In my previous post I gave an example for a very minimalistic ARIA slider, with the intention of demonstrating how simple it is to add ARIA using only a few attributes. I know there are some developers out there who wishfully think that, in order to make their rich interface widgets accessible, all they have to do is add ARIA to it. Others are skeptical about ARIA for that very reason. The truth is of course that ARIA is only part of the effort, and work is required to make any widget accessible (whether you’re using ARIA or not). In this post I want to cover some of those issues and give an overview of what else to think about when creating an accessible slider.

    June 16, 2008Technical

  • Sucking on WCAG 2.0

    While at @media I had the opportunity to meet up with Lachlan Hunt, who works at Opera and is a fellow W3C HTML5 working group member. He did a short…

    June 6, 2008Technical

  • Making Twitter Tweet – Using the TPGi Notifier

    As part of my presentation at the Accessibility 2.0 Conference I demonstrated a preferences module conceived by Hans Hillen, Gez Lemon and I, as a proof of concept(s) for ways…

    May 9, 2008Technical

  • HTML5 and alt: The editors new clothes

    The HTML5 editor has recently stated in his defence of the alt being optional: “We truly do believe in research, hard data, and analysis, rather than hypotheticals; and we truly…

    May 1, 2008Technical

  • How JAWS reads text

    Making public statements based on limited knowledge of an assistive technology and with little understanding of how it is used, can lead to incorrect conclusions and poor implementations.

    March 27, 2008Technical

  • IE 8: alt change and longdesc weirdness

    Update for IE 8b2 I have updated the results for IE8 b2, and included tests for input type=”image” Tests and results for HTML 4.01 transitional. Tests and results for HTML…

    March 9, 2008Technical

  • Screen Readers lack emphasis

    In a recent thread on the Web Standards Group mailing list, the question arose about whether Screen Readers support semantic HTML elements such as strong and em. The short answer…

    February 28, 2008Technical

  • alt in HTML5 – Moving Forward

    As a result of some sage advice from Jason White (a W3C veteran), amongst others. Myself, Laura Carlson and Josh O Connor have started to attend the HTML WG weekly…

    February 22, 2008Technical

  • 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 a right royal fisking by Joe Clark. I also conducted research…

    February 12, 2008Technical