Visible Keyboard Focus
Within the accessibility community, it is well-understood that visually indicating focus is a crucial step in ensuring access for sighted users who rely on their keyboard when interacting with the web....
View Article"Continue Reading" Links in WordPress
I recently rebuilt this site using WordPress 3.0, which was a lot of fun. Part of the fun was developing my own theme to try and make greater use of HTML5 and to improve accessibility. I did this by...
View ArticleProgrammatically Determined
The phrase "programmatically determined" features prominently in six of the 61 WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria. It's a bit of a mouthful, for sure, and perhaps a little daunting to those getting into...
View ArticleNot All ARIA Widgets Deserve role="application"
There are currently some great examples of WAI-ARIA-enabled widgets out there making the rounds. In particular, there's Hans Hillen's JQuery Widget Samples and the collection from the OpenAjax...
View ArticleIt's Spelled aria-labelledby
This is just a quick note on spelling. The specification for aria-labelledby identifies the attribute's correct spelling as "aria-labelledby", as opposed to what might be its expected U.S. English...
View ArticleTake the Time with Quick Reviews to Go Into Detail
Are you, at least in a professional capacity, occasionally asked to provide rather ad hoc comments on this or that web page markup? I am. Regularly, though, I make the mistake of assuming that the...
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