Monthly Archives: June 2008

Christian Heilmann has created a Slideshare interface: Easy SlideShare. Currently SlideShare automatically creates a transcript of a presentation in HTML format, but hidden far down the page and hard to reach using a screen reader. Easy SlideShare retrieves this information … Continue reading

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ARIA Slider, Part 3

After covering a basic ARIA slider as well as a more complex slider component, we will take a closer look at how a slider can be used to create a more obscure but very powerful widget: the double slider (or … Continue reading

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RNIB Surf Right Toolbar Released

A beta version of the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar (for IE) is now available. This is a tool for users to help them modify web content presentation to suit their needs. The toolbar brings built in Internet Explorer Accessibility features … Continue reading

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ARIA Slider, Part 2

In my previous post I gave an example for a very minimalistic ARIA slider, with the intention of demonstrating how simple it is to add ARIA using only a few attributes. I know there are some developers out there who wishfully think that, in order to make their rich interface widgets accessible, all they have to do is add ARIA to it. Others are skeptical about ARIA for that very reason. The truth is of course that ARIA is only part of the effort, and work is required to make any widget accessible (whether you’re using ARIA or not). In this post I want to cover some of those issues and give an overview of what else to think about when creating an accessible slider. Continue reading

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That whizz kid man Christian Heilmann has worked his scripting magic to provide an easier to use and more accessible YouTube video player, nice one! The full player documentation with instructions on how to host the player yourself is also … Continue reading

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