TPGi (TPG) has been selected by AOL 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 used by people with disabilities to access the Internet.
At long last! The US Access Board today announced the Section 508/255 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. A 90-day comment period follows. Please refer to the US Access Board web…
I thought I’d clear up any potential confusion over the recent rumor that the revised version of the Section 508 and Section 255 guidelines would be published for public comment…
The recent EU ruling requires Microsoft to provide Windows operating system users with a choice of browsers to install rather than having Microsoft Internet Explorer pre-installed. This is a laudable…
CSS sprites are a useful method to display graphics while preserving bandwith and improving page rendering times. One of the problems with CSS sprites when it comes to their accessibility…
Recently Roger Johansson wrote a post about Safari, WebKit and alt text for missing images. In which he talks about how Webkit based browsers do not always display alt attribute…
IDG/ComputerWorld’s Tom Yager wrote an interesting review of Safari 4. Among several interesting points concerning WebKit and performance, Yager wrote, “A fast and pretty browser won’t cut it for me….
TPG’s Charlie Pike in conjunction with Adobe is presenting a free online seminar. This seminar will concentrate on Accessible Content Workflow with Adobe InDesign CS4 and Adobe Acrobat 9.
Testing of the latest builds of the major Windows browsers indicates Google Chrome’s ARIA role support improving, 18 of 47 roles are now correctly mapped to MSAA roles. There has…
Nashua, NH – Sep. 28, 2009 – TPGi (TPG), pioneers in the field of accessible interface design, and Riverdocs, a leading document conversion solutions provider, today announced a partnership that…
A check of the support for WAI-ARIA roles in the latest Webkit Nightly builds, reveals a major improvement for WAI-ARIA role support on the Mac version of Webkit (an open…
See update 07/2012: Google Chrome accessibility update Google have released Chrome Frame a plugin-in for Internet Explorer “that seamlessly brings Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to…
Recently Gez Lemon of TPGi wrote an article for the Opera Developer Network on Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA. His colleague Cedric Trevisan has translated Gez’s article into French.
Received the following email from Tim Creagan at the US Access Board. Finally!! “This is the latest status update for you on the progress of the refresh of the 508…
A number of popular Javascript UI Libraries are in the process of adding WAI-ARIA support to their widgets and components. What is the current status and future plans for WAI-ARIA…
PDF & WCAG 2.0 Charlie Pike from TPGi is presenting a PDF Accessibility Webinar in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat User Group. It’s free to attend, pre-registration required. Wednesday, June 17…
Victor Tsarin asked on Twitter Safari4 final came out but I don’t see any #ARIA improvements. Do you? The Safari 4 New features page talks about ARIA support Safari supports…
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: