Monthly Archives: July 2011

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: ARIA landmark support

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

The ARIA landmark roles can be used in HTML5 to markup regions of a page. Landmark roles add a new means to navigate page content for users of supporting assistive technology. They can be used on semantically neutral elements such … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Firefox, HTML5, Internet Explorer, iPad, iPhone, JAWS, landmark roles, NVDA, Screen Readers, VoiceOver, WAI-ARIA | 7 Comments

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: form control labeling

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

There are 2 methods of labelling a form control using the HTML label element. You can wrap the control inside the label element or you can include the for attribute on the label element, which has a value matching the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Firefox, Google Chrome, HTML5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, JAWS, Mozilla, Safari, Screen Readers, VoiceOver, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 32 Comments

U.S. Department of Education Alert on Accessibility

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Blandrigan

As part of our ongoing effort to provide our clients and associates with valuable accessibility information, The Paciello Group wants to let you know of recent activity by the United States Department of Education.

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