Category Archives: WAI-ARIA

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

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

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Posted in accessibility testing, HTML5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, MSAA, tools, UI Automation, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 4 Comments

Visualising browser accessibility bugs

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