Monthly Archives: July 2012

latest aViewer alpha 2012

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

Refer to: aViewer 2013

Posted in accessibility testing, HTML5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, MSAA, tools, UI Automation, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 4 Comments

W3C HTML and WHATWG HTML ‘split’ effect on HTML Accessibility?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

The recent formalisation of the ‘HTML split’ between the W3C and the WHATWG, is not news to those working in either group. Work continues pretty much as it has, prior to Hixie’s communication to the WHATWG.

Posted in HTML, HTML5, W3C, Web Accessibility | 10 Comments

Google Chrome accessibility update

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

Google Chrome has come a long way in the past 3 years, and the improvements definitely extend to accessibility support. The Google Access team have been working hard to make Chrome more accessible to a range of users. Google Chrome … Continue reading →

Posted in Google Chrome, high contrast, HTML, HTML5, Web Accessibility | 3 Comments

Visualising browser accessibility bugs

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

On revisiting what I believe to be a simple to fix bug, filed in January on Webkit’s ARIA implementation, unsurprisingly I found it not yet fixed. Part of the reason this occurs is because there is limited resources available and … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, Safari, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility, webkit | 5 Comments

Notes on Web Components + ARIA

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

After listening to the Google IO  web components presentation I decided to take another look at this emerging web technology. It sort of struck me as a client side version of server side includes. Anyway I was interested in testing … Continue reading →

Posted in accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | Tagged | 3 Comments