Monthly Archives: September 2008

Legacy defeats consistency in IE 8′s Web 2.0 accessibility effort – Aaron Leventhal details a major problem with the current implementation of WAI-ARIA in IE8: Microsoft introduced their own unique method for setting ARIA properties.

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Steve Faulkner | Comments Off

Contrast Analyser, Version 2.1

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Steve Faulkner

The WAT- C Colour Contrast Analyser has been updated to reflect changes in WCAG 2.0 Some important clarifications are now included:

Posted in accessibility testing, contrast analyser, W3C, WAT-C, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 2 Comments

The Google Web Toolkit Team have announced added support for accessibility in GWT 1.5 using WAI- ARIA.

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Steve Faulkner | Comments Off

Free ARIA

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Steve Faulkner

Aaron Leventhal has set up a new group for people who want to help provide free tools and resources for the advancement of WAI-ARIA.

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Roger Hudson has researched and written an informative article Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0. Rogers says: “This document aims to provide web developers and others with practical advice about the preparation of accessible HTML forms. ” And it does just … Continue reading →

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Steve Faulkner | Comments Off