Category Archives: HTML

Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013

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

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

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

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HTML5 Accessibility – September 2012

HTML5Accessibility.com has been updated to reflect HTML5 accessibility support in the latest browser versions.

Posted in Apple, Assistive Technology, Firefox, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, microsoft, Mozilla, MSAA, Opera, Safari, UAAG, UI Automation, Web Accessibility | 3 Comments

Notes on HTML5 accessibility support in IE 10

I am in the process of updating  HTML5Accessibility.com (ETA mid September) to take into account the changes in accessibility implementation support in the latest browser versions. I have decided not to update support information for Safari/Webkit on Windows and Opera … Continue reading

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