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Accessible Dropdown Menus 27 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am
Ten years ago, web developers were introduced to a light-weight dropdown menu system that seemed like a perfect solution for complex, nested navigation. Suckerfish Dropdowns used the :hover state to s...
Using the ARIA Form Landmark 21 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
ARIA landmarks allow developers to associate structural significance to web page elements. Common landmarks define navigation, header, the main content, and the page’s footer. It’s also possible to de...
Force the screen reader to announce digits 14 Aug 2013 | 01:50 am
There are times when we want the screen reader to announce individual letters in a string. This is sometimes up to the interpretation of the screen reader with an acronym, such as NASA. There are othe...
Tech on the Edge: iOS Accessibility Apps 11 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
Victor Tsaran and I recently visited Tech on the Edge, a community channel production in Palo Alto, to discuss accessibility applications for the iPhone. We had a great time and felt like we could’ve ...
Focus control and mobile accessibility 1 Aug 2013 | 11:36 pm
This post follows a presentation I gave at the Mobile+Web Conference in Boston, July 2013. This deals specifically with the impact of providing focusability in mobile applications, whether iOS, Androi...
Accessibility Bookmarklets 21 Feb 2013 | 01:08 am
Bookmarklets are small javascript links that let you perform tasks in your browser. I have collected a set of bookmarklets that allow easier accessibility testing. This collection will certainly grow....
Using aria-describedby to replicate fieldset and legend 11 Feb 2013 | 11:30 pm
Complex forms should use a fieldset and legend to group similar inputs. The legend is announced along with label text for each input. This is especially helpful when form inputs are repetitive, such a...
Typography and Microformats: adding small-caps to your state abbreviations 2 Feb 2013 | 10:25 pm
Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style is overwhelming me with typography details. Today I came across a description of using small caps for abbreviations, which inspired me to com...
Bookmarklet: find links without an href attribute 3 Jan 2013 | 12:55 am
A link without an href is an anchor; used for creating deep links. Anchors do not receive focus and are not clickable. I’m seeing these neutered links appearing as JavaScript is used to turn links int...
Common Accessibility Mistakes with HTML and CSS 8 Nov 2012 | 03:02 am
Here’s an older video of a presentation I gave at one of Yahoo’s Front End Engineering Summits. I discussed some of the common issues we still find in web sites, from the alt attribute to forms. You c...
