Monthly Archives: March 2008

David Bolter, in aria-templateid explained and Uniquely identifying chunks of UI, provides information about the aria-templateid attribute. Also tune in on those HTML5 guy’s thoughts on it.

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Steve Faulkner | Comments Off

Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0 Chinese language version

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Steve Faulkner

I am pleased to announce the release of the Traditional Chinese language version of the WAT 2.0 (including a Traditional Chinese version of the Color Contrast Analyser 2.0) The software translations were provided by Jedi. He is still working on … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, internationalization, tools, WAT-C, Web Accessibility | 8 Comments

Mike Davies from Yahoo Europe has started a new blog providing practical accessibility tips. It’s called accessibilitytips.com and already contains a number of useful tips on how to develop accessible web content. Thanks Mike, keep up the good work!

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Steve Faulkner | Comments Off

Applying WAI-ARIA to Yahoo! Mail

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Steve Faulkner

At CSUN 2008, Hans Hillen from The Paciello Group and Victor Tsarin from Yahoo! presented A case study on applying WAI-ARIA to the new Yahoo! mail rich internet application.

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, CSUN 2008, JAWS, Screen Readers, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes | 9 Comments

IE 8: alt change and longdesc weirdness

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Steve Faulkner

Update for IE 8b2 I have updated the results for IE8 b2, and included tests for input type=”image” Tests and results for HTML 4.01 transitional. Tests and results for HTML 4.01 strict. update end. Reading through the What’s New in … Continue reading →

Posted in HTML, Internet Explorer, Standards, W3C, Web Accessibility | 6 Comments