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Using ARIA in HTML

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 ARIA in HTML – intial draft My...

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Notes on Web Components + ARIA

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 of server side includes....

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Visualising browser accessibility bugs

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 this occurs is because there is...

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Google Chrome accessibility update

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 Chrome more accessible to a...

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W3C HTML and WHATWG HTML ‘split’ effect on HTML Accessibility?

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 to Hixie’s communication to the...

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latest aViewer alpha 2012

We are continuing development work on the aViewer accessibility object inspection tool. The latest alpha provides (we hope) much increased utility for screen reader users. New features and changes The...

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Notes on accessible CSS image sprites

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: CSS image sprite issues A default HTML...

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Notes on HTML5 accessibility support in IE 10

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...

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HTML5 Accessibility – September 2012

HTML5Accessibility.com has been updated to reflect HTML5 accessibility support in the latest browser versions. FireFox and Safari still lead the pack I have completed another round of testing of HTML5...

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Notes on accessibility of Microsoft.com’s new home page

Microsoft.com has a new home page. It uses HTML5 and ARIA. I have done a quick review of their usage. There are a few issues… home page accessibility language – fixed 06/10/12 The UK home page has a...

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Using HTML 5.1

tl;dr If you are an HTML author or developer – use the HTML 5.1 Nightly edition of the HTML specification. What is this thing called HTML? It can be confusing, authors and developers now have a seeming...

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On joining the HTML editors team

I am honoured and excited to say I am now a member of the W3C HTML editors team. Joining Robin, Erika, Silvia, Ted and Travis to work on continuing the development of HTML. What does this mean? In...

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Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013

tl;dr Adding ARIA landmarks to your existing site, or to a site you are developing, provides useful global navigation features and aids understanding of content structure for users. Over time the...

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aViewer 2013

Here at the paciello group we are very excited by the improvements being made to our aViewer accessibility API information inspection tool. We want to share the updated aViewer with you and in the...

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Notes on Guidelines For Speech accessible HTML for Dragon NaturallySpeaking

In a recent tweet Jared Smith linked to Guidelines For Speech accessible HTML for Dragon NaturallySpeaking (PDF) A ‘White Paper’ published in 2009 by Nuance containing ‘guidance’ on how to code HTML to...

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The HTML5 Document Outline

Is a concept that lives in the HTML specification, but is essentially a fiction in the real world. It is a fiction because user agents have not implemented it and there is no indication that any will....

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HTML5 Accessibility Chops: hidden and aria-hidden support on the UP!

At the start of 2012 I published results on the state of HTML5 hidden attribute support and aria-hidden attribute support. Based on the results, advice was provided on the best methods to hide content...

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doesn’t work in lynx

I regularly encounter the argument that a particular feature is not accessible because it doesn’t work in a text browser such as Lynx. Most recently this claim was in reference to the HTML canvas...

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HTML5Accessibility.com updated

Since October 2010 I have been testing and recording information on HTML5Accessibility.com about the implementation of accessibility support in browsers for new HTML5 features. I had let the updates to...

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Some stuff that doesn’t work between the DOM and Shadow DOM

Been reading a few new articles on Web Components and accessibility, which lead me to re-read an old post I wrote: Notes on Web Components + ARIA. I noted the demo was broken, presumably as the web...

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