Category Archives: HTML

HTML data for the masses: DOCTYPE usage

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

Of a sample of approximately 8900 home pages from a list of of the top 10,000 sites the following HTML doctype usage was found: Total pages with a doctype declaration: 7708

Posted in HTML, HTML5, W3C, W3C Validator | 1 Comment

Is NVDA Strictly a Web Accessibility Screen Reader?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Mike Paciello

Last week, Jamie and Mick of NVDA announced that their open source, free screen reader organization is in need of funding: Blind Ambition Plea for Funds to Keep Free Software Project Alive NVDA is perhaps the cream of the crop … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Firefox, General, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML 5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, JAWS, microsoft, mobile, Mozilla, MSAA, NVDA, open source, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

Rough Guide: browsers, operating systems and screen reader support

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

Practical screen reader support by browser and OS (09/03/2012) When testing aspects of support for new HTML5,  WAI-ARIA features and HTML features in general, I often test browsers that do not have practical support for screen readers on a particular … Continue reading →

Posted in accessibility testing, Apple, Assistive Technology, ChromeVox, Firefox, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, iPad, iPhone, JAWS, microsoft, mobile, Mozilla, NVDA, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes, windows | 9 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: title attribute use and abuse

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

For the past 7 years myself and others have banged on about the trouble with the title attribute in regards to accessibility and usability. Bottom line is that it is not well supported in browsers and its usefulness is severely … Continue reading →

Posted in Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 13 Comments

How YOU can join the W3C HTML5 Working Group in 4 easy steps

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

A great new initiative was launched recently: Move the Web Forward, which encourages developers to get involved in standards development. So I though it opportune to update and expand upon a how to by Ian Hickson from 2007.

Posted in HTML, HTML5, Standards, W3C, Web Accessibility | 19 Comments