Category Archives: WCAG 2.0

WCAG 2.0 parsing error bookmarklet

While reading Jared Smith’s excellent article WCAG Next I was drawn to the following statement “next to impossible to evaluate” in reference to the checking of WCAG 2.0 success criterion 4.1.1 Parsing.

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, HTML5, W3C Validator, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 7 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: title attribute use and abuse

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 | 11 Comments

aViewer beta – updated

We have been working on bug fixes and UI improvements for the aViewer. Download the aViewer update! Also, Italian version coming soon! aViewer Italian version now available!

Posted in accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, HTML5, IAccessible2, MSAA, Screen Readers, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 3 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: Just use a (native HTML) button

Many User interface widgets can be developed using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, in some cases developers build custom versions of native HTML controls because they cannot achieve the exact look and feel or behaviour they desire with a native control.

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, HTML, HTML5, W3C, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 7 Comments

Accessibility testing tools

Here at The Paciello Group (TPG) we have a technical accessibility testing process which does not involve the use of automated tools. The technical audit results we provide to our clients are based solely on manual testing of a web … Continue reading

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Apple, Assistive Technology, contrast analyser, Firefox, Internet Explorer, JAWS, MSAA, NVDA, open source, VoiceOver, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, Zoomtext | 16 Comments