Steve Faulkner

Steve was the Chief Accessibility Officer at TPGi before he left in October 2023. He joined TPGi in 2006 and was previously a Senior Web Accessibility Consultant at vision australia. Steve is a member of several groups, including the W3C Web Platforms Working Group and the W3C ARIA Working Group. He is an editor of several specifications at the W3C including ARIA in HTML and HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0. He also develops and maintains HTML5accessibility and the JAWS bug tracker/standards support.

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: section elements

HTML5 introduces new section elements. The new elements include header, footer, section, article, nav and aside. What is the accessibility potential of these new elements for users of assistive technology…

March 9, 2011Development
Tweaking HTML5 – edition for web authors

In mid 2010 Anthony Kolber and Ben Schwarz started a discussion about the usability of W3C specifications, this resulted in Ben and Anthony’s initial restyled version of the W3C HTML5…

March 2, 2011Development
Comparison of ARIA roles exposed via MSAA and UI Automation in IE9

The Microsoft MSAA API cannot provide mapping for all ARIA roles as it does not have defined roles and properties for all those defined by The ARIA specification, the Microsoft…

February 23, 2011Development
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, 2011Development
HTML5 Accessibility Challenges

It has been claimed that HTML5 will do a lot to improve the accessibility of web content and web based applications. In theory this is true. The introduction of new…

January 28, 2011Development
Using the HTML title attribute – Updated March 2020

Note: This post has the same content as our 2013 post. They each originally addressed different aspects of the title attribute, but now they match. We are keeping both of…

November 2, 2010Development
Using WAI ARIA Landmark Roles – updated

Refer to Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013 Ukranian translation of Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks 2011 by Vlad Brown.

October 15, 2010Development
HTML5 accessibility

New site launched: www.HTML5accessibility.com a web site providing information about browser accessibility support for HTML5 features. It also provides links to work arounds for lack of browser implementation, so that…

October 8, 2010Development
JAWS Support for ARIA – updated October 2012

Freedom scientific have provided documentation on how the JAWS screen reader supports WAI-ARIA. It is available as a microsoft word document. Below is the same information in HTML format

October 7, 2010Development
HTML5 Canvas Accessibility in Internet Explorer 9

The recently released Internet Explorer 9 beta implements the HTML5 specification’s canvas element fallback concept. This means that the content inside a canvas elements start and end tags is exposed…

September 21, 2010Development
Adobe Flex Accessibility Webinar

Adobe Flex Accessibility Webinar Hans Hillen from TPGi is presenting a Flex Accessibility Webinar in conjunction with Adobe. It will be on Wednesday, July 21st 12:00 noon, US EST, and…

July 5, 2010Development
Google Chrome Screen Reader Support update

Refer to Google Chrome accessibility update Following last weeks post about Google Chrome accessibility which was prompted by The Google Chrome Screen Reader Accessibility Petition created by Alex Hiironen, new…

June 21, 2010Development
AViewer beta

Refer to: aViewer 2013

June 17, 2010Development
When will Google Chrome be accessible?

Refer to Google Chrome accessibility update I have written on the issue of Google Chrome accessibility a number of times since its initial release. Progress is being made, but that…

June 14, 2010Development
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, 2010Development
Making sure hidden frames are hidden

An issue that arises fairly frequently in regards to web applications is the use of hidden iframe elements used for retrieving data using JavaScript. While they can be easily hidden…

April 16, 2010Development
HTML5 and the myth of WAI-ARIA redundance

Will HTML5 make the use of WAI-ARIA in HTML redundant? the short answer is definitley not. There are many ARIA roles and properties that are not provided by native elements…

April 8, 2010Development
Freedom of Choice

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…

February 23, 2010Development

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Steve Faulkner

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: section elements

Tweaking HTML5 – edition for web authors

Comparison of ARIA roles exposed via MSAA and UI Automation in IE9

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: the placeholder attribute

HTML5 Accessibility Challenges

Using the HTML title attribute – Updated March 2020

Using WAI ARIA Landmark Roles – updated

HTML5 accessibility

JAWS Support for ARIA – updated October 2012

HTML5 Canvas Accessibility in Internet Explorer 9

Adobe Flex Accessibility Webinar

Google Chrome Screen Reader Support update

AViewer beta

When will Google Chrome be accessible?

HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives

Making sure hidden frames are hidden

HTML5 and the myth of WAI-ARIA redundance

Freedom of Choice