Category Archives: HTML5

aViewer 2013

Here at the paciello group we are very excited by the improvements being made to our aViewer accessibility API information inspection tool. We want to share the updated aViewer with you and in the process elicit your feedback on the … Continue reading

Posted in accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Firefox, General, Google Chrome, HTML5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, MSAA, tools, UI Automation, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 10 Comments

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

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

Notes on accessibility of Microsoft.com’s new home page

Microsoft.com has a new home page. It uses HTML5 and ARIA. I have done a quick review of their usage. There are a few issues…

Posted in Assistive Technology, HTML5, microsoft, W3C Validator, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 26 Comments