HTML5Accessibility.com has been updated to reflect HTML5 accessibility support in the latest browser versions.
September 10, 2012 | Development
I am in the process of updating HTML5Accessibility.com (ETA mid September) to take into account the changes in accessibility implementation support in the latest browser versions. I have decided not…
August 28, 2012 | Development
While discussing long descriptions on the HTML working group mailing list I took a look at how some sites provide skip links as an example of contingent visible display of…
August 21, 2012 | Development
The issue of CSS image sprites has been raised again on the Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group mailing list. Here is the advice we provide on the issue:
August 20, 2012 | Development
Refer to: aViewer 2013
July 27, 2012 | Development
The recent formalisation of the ‘HTML split’ between the W3C and the WHATWG, is not news to those working in either group. Work continues pretty much as it has, prior…
July 23, 2012 | Development
Google Chrome has come a long way in the past 3 years, and the improvements definitely extend to accessibility support. The Google Access team have been working hard to make…
July 16, 2012 | Development
On revisiting what I believe to be a simple to fix bug, filed in January on Webkit’s ARIA implementation, unsurprisingly I found it not yet fixed. Part of the reason…
July 8, 2012 | Development
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…
July 6, 2012 | Development
I have published an intial draft of a document I have been working on which attempts to provide practical advice to developers on what ARIA to use in HTML: Using…
June 29, 2012 | Development
A new book Pro HTML5 Accessibility by Joshue O’connor.
June 27, 2012 | Development
For a more recent set of results, see ARIA alert support (April 2017) ARIA role=alert is supported across modern browsers and assistive technology, but implementation in browsers differ, which can…
June 21, 2012 | Development
I have jotted down some notes on ARIA concepts and usage that may be useful for developers.
June 19, 2012 | Development
The latest Opera browser has been released; Opera 12. In many ways Opera is a great browser and Opera 12 includes lots of shiny new stuff, but still no support…
June 14, 2012 | Development
There has been discussion of late on whether authors should be allowed to include an ARIA role value on an HTML element that matches the default implicit ARIA role as…
June 13, 2012 | Development
I noticed that the W3C Nu Markup Validation Service did not have any bookmarklets to provide quick validation of a page currently being viewed. So I made some using the…
June 9, 2012 | Development
The recently released Firefox 13 implements the HTML5 specification’s canvas element fallback concept. This means that the content inside a canvas elements start and end tags is exposed to assistive…
June 6, 2012 | Development
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…
May 25, 2012 | Development
