Monthly Archives: July 2009

Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA now in French

Recently Gez Lemon of TPG wrote an article for the Opera Developer Network on Accessible drag and drop using WAI-ARIA. His colleague Cedric Trevisan has translated Gez’s article into French.

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Drag and Drop, HTML, HTML 5, JavaScript, Opera, Standards, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 2 Comments

US Access Board to Release Pre-Draft of New Section 508/255 Standards

Received the following email from Tim Creagan at the US Access Board. Finally!! “This is the latest status update for you on the progress of the refresh of the 508 standards.”

Posted in Accessibility, Accessibility Laws, Section 508, Standards, Web Accessibility | 6 Comments

WAI-ARIA Implementation in JavaScript UI Libraries – updated

A number of popular Javascript UI Libraries are in the process of adding WAI-ARIA support to their widgets and components. What is the current status and future plans for WAI-ARIA implementation in these libraries?

Posted in DOJO, Extjs, Fluid Infusion, Google, GWT, JavaScript, javascript UI Libraries, Jquery, WAI-ARIA, Yahoo!, YUI | 9 Comments