Category Archives: accessibility testing

HTML5 Accessibility Chops: ARIA role=alert browser support

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

ARIA role=alert is supported across modern browsers and assistive technology, but implementation in browsers differ, which can lead to role=alert appearing to be unsupported.

Posted in accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, CSS, Firefox, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, JAWS, live regions, MSAA, NVDA, Safari, Screen Readers, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 17 Comments

What’s ‘large text’ in WCAG 2.0 parlance?

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

I put together an example page, mainly for my own use, providing some examples of what in WCAG 2.0 terms is considered large and small text. WCAG 2.0 provides the font measurements in terms of points, so I initially used … Continue reading →

Posted in accessibility testing, contrast analyser, CSS, HTML, HTML5, iPhone, mobile, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 5 Comments

Notes on applying multiple labels for a control using the label element

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

While it is conforming to have multiple label elements pointing to a single control for labelling purposes, it is not recommended. It has been conforming as per (X)HTML specifications for many years, but it is not robustly supported. Other techniques … Continue reading →