HTML5 canvas accessibility discussions 2009-2011

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

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 excellent resource for understanding where we have been and where we are with HTML5 canvas accessibility:

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Posted in canvas, HTML 5, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, W3C, Web Accessibility | 9 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: using nested figure elements

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

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. Continue reading →

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

Latest ARIA landmark support data

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

Noting that the landmark support test results I conducted back in July 2011 were being tweeted recently, I though it would be good to update the results. Continue reading →

Posted in accessibility testing, Apple, Assistive Technology, ChromeVox, General, HTML5, JAWS, landmark roles, VoiceOver, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes | 5 Comments

HTML5 semantics and accessibility

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

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

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

Detecting if images are disabled in browsers

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

I received an email from an old friend and colleague pointing out that with images disabled in the browser, the support information in the data tables on HTML5Accessibility.com disappears. An issue and an embarrassment! This has now been fixed.

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Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Firefox, high contrast, HTML5, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, Web Accessibility | 28 Comments