Category Archives: W3C

HTML5 canvas accessibility discussions 2009-2011

Charles Pritchard has taken the time to provide an email overview of Canvas accessibility discussions which have taken place on the public-canvas-api over the past 3 years. I have reformatted it here and added some headings, as it is an … Continue reading

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HTML5 Accessibility Chops: using nested figure elements

If you have a number of related images (or other content) with caption text,  you can use nested figure elements to associate both a group caption and an individual caption to each  instance using the figcaption element.

Posted in Accessibility, CSS, HTML, HTML5, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 7 Comments

HTML5 semantics and accessibility

This  is a comment I made on the article Pursuing Semantic Value The author requested that I post it separately, so I have.

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, HTML, HTML5, Standards, W3C, Web Accessibility | 11 Comments

Brief history of browser accessibility support

The development of a ‘Brief history of browser accessibility support‘ was prompted by Google’s Evolution of the Web interactive infographic. I was dazzled by its coolness, but noticed that amongst all the web technologies ARIA 1.0 was not to be … Continue reading

Posted in Accessibility, Apple, Assistive Technology, Firefox, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, IAccessible2, IBM, Internet Explorer, microsoft, Mozilla, MSAA, open source, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, Section 508, Standards, UAAG, UI Automation, VoiceOver, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 8 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: SVG text alternative example

The W3C HTML5 specification contains an SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) based interactive Venn diagram. The diagram illustrates the relationship between HTML content categories. Currently the content and interactivity of the diagram is not accessible to some users.

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Firefox, HTML, HTML5, NVDA, Screen Readers, W3C, Web Accessibility | 3 Comments