Category Archives: Safari

HTML5 Accessibility – September 2012

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

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

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

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

how to remove CSS outlines in an accessible manner?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Steve Faulkner

Anybody with any real world accessibility experience knows that using CSS :focus {outline:none} as recommended in the WHATWG HTML living standard is not a solution to any problem, it only replaces one accessibility issue with another. This why I worked … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Firefox, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Section 508, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 8 Comments

Is NVDA Strictly a Web Accessibility Screen Reader?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Mike Paciello

Last week, Jamie and Mick of NVDA announced that their open source, free screen reader organization is in need of funding: Blind Ambition Plea for Funds to Keep Free Software Project Alive NVDA is perhaps the cream of the crop … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Firefox, General, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML 5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, JAWS, microsoft, mobile, Mozilla, MSAA, NVDA, open source, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments