What Does a Venture Capitalist Know about Web Accessibility Anyway?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Mike Paciello

Earlier today I responded to a private Linked-In discussion thread posted by Eric Velleman. The context of the discussion involved the need of legal mandates to enforce web accessibility. In turn, this led to a discussion involving the ROI of web accessibility. Following were (and still are!) my brief thoughts on this topic: Continue reading →

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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 operating system. I find they have support for feature X, but lack support for feature Y that is required to enable practical support to web content for screen reader users. While it is useful to test and find successful implementations of discrete features, it needs to be viewed in the broader context of which browsers can be considered usable with popular OS level screen readers.

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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

WCAG 2.0 parsing error bookmarklet

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

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.

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Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, HTML5, W3C Validator, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 8 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 compromised as a consequence. All browser vendors are aware of the issues in regards to keyboard and touch based interfaces and yet have made no movement or commitment to implement improvements in the 19 years since it was originally specified in HTML. Continue reading →

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

Are Delay Tactics Preventing Passage of New Section 508 Disability Law?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

Brian Landrigan – Director of Sales & Marketing at The Paciello Group made the following representation to the Public Hearing on the Draft Update of ICT Requirements, January 11 2012. Continue reading →

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