Archive for September, 2008

IE 8’s WAI-ARIA implementation headaches

September 30, 2008, filed under Internet Explorer, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, elsewhere; No Comments.

Legacy defeats consistency in IE 8’s Web 2.0 accessibility effort - Aaron Leventhal details a major problem with the current implementation of WAI-ARIA in IE8: Microsoft introduced their own unique method for setting ARIA properties.

Contrast Analyser, Version 2.1

September 15, 2008, filed under W3C, WAT-C, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, accessibility testing, contrast analyser; 2 Comments.

The WAT- C Colour Contrast Analyser has been updated to reflect changes in WCAG 2.0
Some important clarifications are now included:

Built-in Accessibility in GWT 1.5 Applications

September 9, 2008, filed under Google, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, elsewhere, tools; No Comments.

The Google Web Toolkit Team have announced added support for accessibility in GWT 1.5 using WAI- ARIA.

Free ARIA

, filed under HTML, Screen Readers, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, accessibility testing, live regions, tools; No Comments.

Aaron Leventhal has set up a new group for people who want to help provide free tools and resources for the advancement of WAI-ARIA.

Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0

September 6, 2008, filed under Assistive Technology, HTML, JAWS, Screen Readers, Standards, W3C, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes, accessibility testing, elsewhere; No Comments.

Roger Hudson has researched and written an informative article Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0. Rogers says: “This document aims to provide web developers and others with practical advice about the preparation of accessible HTML forms. ” And it does just that, it includes six video excerpts that demonstrate how JAWS and/or Window Eyes present different [...]