Archive for April, 2010

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 [...]