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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...
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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...
View ArticleWCAG 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....
View ArticleIs NVDA Strictly a Web Accessibility Screen Reader?
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...
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how to remove CSS outlines in an accessible manner?
Anybody with any real world accessibility experience knows that using CSS :focus {outline:none} as recommended in the WHATWG HTML living standard is not a solution to any problem, it only replaces one...
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What’s ‘large text’ in WCAG 2.0 parlance?
I put together an example page, mainly for my own use, providing some examples of what in WCAG 2.0 terms is considered large and small text. WCAG 2.0 provides the font measurements in terms of points,...
View ArticlePro HTML5 Accessibility – review
A new book Pro HTML5 Accessibility by Joshue O’connor. Likes The book is a valiant attempt at covering a voluminous, complex and fast changing subject area. The chapters I liked (my area of interest)...
View ArticleNotes on accessible CSS image sprites
The issue of CSS image sprites has been raised again on the Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group mailing list. Here is the advice we provide on the issue: CSS image sprite issues A default HTML...
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Examples of ‘skip links’ on some bank sites
While discussing long descriptions on the HTML working group mailing list I took a look at how some sites provide skip links as an example of contingent visible display of content as a more palatable...
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