Category Archives: HTML 5.1

Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Steve Faulkner

tl;dr Adding ARIA landmarks to your existing site, or to a site you are developing, provides useful global navigation features and aids understanding of content structure for users. Over time the necessity of explicitly assigning landmarks will lessen as browsers … Continue reading →

Posted in Assistive Technology, HTML, HTML 5.1, HTML5, landmark roles, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 22 Comments

On joining the HTML editors team

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Steve Faulkner

I am honoured and excited to say I am now a member of the W3C HTML editors team. Joining Robin, Erika, Silvia, Ted and Travis to work on continuing the development of HTML.

Posted in HTML, HTML 5.1, HTML5, Standards, W3C, Web Accessibility | 6 Comments

Using HTML 5.1

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Steve Faulkner

tl;dr If you are an HTML author or developer – use the HTML 5.1 Nightly edition of the HTML specification. What is this thing called HTML? It can be confusing, authors and developers now have a seeming multitude of authoritative … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, HTML, HTML 5.1, HTML5, W3C | 5 Comments