Archive for July, 2009

Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA now in French

July 27, 2009, filed under Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Drag and Drop, HTML, HTML 5, JavaScript, Opera, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility; 2 Comments.

Recently Gez Lemon of TPG wrote an article for the Opera Developer Network on Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA. His colleague Cedric Trevisan has translated Gez’s article into French.

US Access Board to Release Pre-Draft of New Section 508/255 Standards

July 20, 2009, filed under Accessibility, Accessibility Laws, Section 508, Standards, Web Accessibility; 6 Comments.

Received the following email from Tim Creagan at the US Access Board. Finally!!
“This is the latest status update for you on the progress of the refresh of the 508 standards.”

WAI-ARIA Implementation in JavaScript UI Libraries - updated

July 13, 2009, filed under DOJO, Extjs, Fluid Infusion, GWT, Google, JavaScript, Jquery, WAI-ARIA, YUI, Yahoo!, javascript UI Libraries; 9 Comments.

A number of popular Javascript UI Libraries are in the process of adding WAI-ARIA support to their widgets and components. What is the current status and future plans for WAI-ARIA implementation in these libraries?