Archive for November, 2007

CSS Editor bookmarklet for IE

For times when CSS styles need to be tested, on the fly, in Internet Explorer, the CSS editor bookmarklet can come in handy. It was originally developed from the test styles bookmarklet by Jesse Ruderman. When Internet Explorer 7 came along it ceased to work, but after much fiddling around I was able to get it working [...]

Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers

Italian translation Fieldset, Legend e Screen Reader by Roberto Castaldo.
The grouping and labelling of thematically related controls within a form is an important aspect of providing semantic information so users can understand and complete a form successfully. Differences in quality and implementation of support across user agents can hamper some users’ ability to benefit from [...]

One Reason Why Section 508 Isn’t Working

An area of accessibility that I have been deeply involved in for the past 18 months is the TEITAC (Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee). By the way, it’s pronounced “Tie Tack” not “Tea Tack”. TEITAC consists of 42 member organizations including government, industry, consumer and international (EU, Canada, Japan, and Australia) representatives. [...]

The TPG Voice

For well over a year, several members of the TPG team and I have been talking about setting up a company blog. The problem is, we have so many things going on, creating a focused blog is nearly impossible. Then again, is anything on the web focused?
We agreed that we want to talk about accessibility [...]