Short Note on: Button or Link?
When is it right to fail a button or link in an audit for misuse? Kirby Tucker has some thoughts on how to decide.
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Five Screen Reader Accessibility Tests Your QA Team Should Do
If your company is working on improving the accessibility of the website for people with disabilities, ensuring your content is accessible to screen reader users will be one of the…
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Software Accessibility Checklist: SaaS and ADA Compliance
Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms have changed the way businesses are run. Because they allow users to log in via a web browser anywhere there’s an internet connection, companies…
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Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers again
I wrote an article in 2007 called Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers. It was my first post on the TPGi blog. I have been meaning to provide an update to…
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Respect your children
A subset of ARIA roles are defined as having presentational children. These are mostly a subset of widget roles Presentational Children The DOM descendants are presentational. User agents SHOULD NOT expose descendants of this element through the…
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A Whole Lot of Bovver Over Hover
Should you fail interactive elements that have questionable hover styles under WCAG SC 1.4.11? Spoiler alert: the answer is no.
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The Knowledge and How to Get it: Part Two
Part Two of an edited transcription of the presentation delivered by Hans Hillen (in person) and Ricky Onsman (via video) on 15 March at CSUN 2023, in which they share some of their experiences setting up the TPGi Knowledge Center.
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The Knowledge and How to Get it: Part One
Part One of an edited transcription of the presentation delivered by Hans Hillen (in person) and Ricky Onsman (via video) on 15 March at CSUN 2023, in which they share some of their experiences setting up the TPGi Knowledge Center.
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What Makes a Good Screenshot?
Do you use screenshots when logging issues? They can really help to clarify problem areas. Ian Lloyd provides pointers on what makes a useful screenshot.
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When I Get That Low Contrast Feeling, I Need Non-Textual Healing [Quiz]
Do you sometimes struggle to know whether a non-text element fails for low contrast under WCAG SC 1.4.11? Try this quiz to see how you fare.
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Evolving custom sliders
Combining the accessibility and usability benefits of a native range input, with the markup and design flexibility of a pure custom slider.
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Screen Readers support for text level HTML semantics
A long time ago (2008) I wrote an article: Screen Readers lack emphasis. At the time, 15 years ago, the screen readers tested did not signify the semantics of text…
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Carry On Testing 2023
In my role at TPGi I regularly get asked for advice on how stuff works. For example, the other day I was asked by a colleague “Can aria-current be used…
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Prevent focused elements from being obscured by sticky headers
Focused elements disappearing under sticky headers is a long-standing accessibility problem. Here’s a solution.
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WCAG 3.0: are we there yet?
On 7 December 2021, the W3C Accessible Guidelines Working Group published a Working Draft of the W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0. So, that’s it, right? Pack WCAG 2 off to the junkyard? The standard is dead, long live the standard? Well, no.
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The anatomy of visually-hidden
You’ve probably used visually-hidden content before. But how does the CSS actually work, and why do we use those particular properties?
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An argument against CSS opacity
Have automated tools told you your site is accessible? If you’re using CSS opacity, those tools may be wrong!
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New Success Criteria in WCAG 2.2
This article is an overview of the new SCs in WCAG 2.2, describing their requirements in plain language, and discussing how to meet them.