‘W3C’ Archive

HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives

May 17, 2010, filed under Assistive Technology, HTML, HTML5, Standards, W3C, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility; 6 Comments.

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.

Making sure hidden frames are hidden

April 16, 2010, filed under HTML, HTML 5, HTML5, JavaScript, Screen Readers, W3C, Web Accessibility; 9 Comments.

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 from visual display using CSS display:none, they are sometimes picked up by screen readers and other AT that extract the DOM code from browsers and [...]

HTML5 and the myth of WAI-ARIA redundance

April 8, 2010, filed under Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Google, HTML, HTML 5, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, javascript UI Libraries; 11 Comments.

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 and attributes in HTML5.  Also developers still  have the desire to roll their own interactive controls  even though they have been available in HTML as [...]

AOL Selects The Paciello Group to Enhance Accessibility of Dynamic Web Applications

March 22, 2010, filed under AOL, Accessibility, General, JavaScript, Jquery, W3C, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, accessibility testing, javascript UI Libraries, open source; 5 Comments.

The Paciello Group (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.

ARIA role support: how the Windows browsers stack up - Update

October 2, 2009, filed under Assistive Technology, Firefox, Google Chrome, HTML 5, Internet Explorer, MSAA, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, windows; 6 Comments.

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 been no change in Opera or IE support and only minimal improvement in Safari/Webkit support. There has been a minor regression in Firefox support in the [...]