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Accessibility at Google IO 2011
So I attended the first day of Google I/O 2011, my first time at a Google event. I was glad to hear a fair amount of talk about accessibility. There were at least 3 sessions focusing on the topic (see...
View ArticleAAP Provides Longdesc Feedback to W3C
There’s a debate over whether or not the longdesc attribute should be made obsolete in HTML5. I wrote a bit about it a few months ago in the article Longdesc & Other Long Image Description...
View ArticlePlaceholder Attribute Is Not A Label!
Just so we’re all clear on this, the HTML5 placeholder attribute in a text input is not a replacement for the label element. Period. The placeholder should only be used as a brief example of the text...
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Book Review: Pro HTML5 Accessibility
Recently I finally made time to read the book Pro HTML5 Accessibility by Joshue O Connor (@joshueoconnor), released in late March 2012 by Apress. Let’s take a look at each chapter. Chapter 1,...
View ArticlePodcast #96: WordPress, Events
Dennis and Ross are back! It’s been a while since the last podcast, and the guys catch up on events, news, and lots of great things happening with accessibility on WordPress. Download Web Axe Episode...
View ArticleResponse to MSDN Article “Designing Accessibility with HTML5″
This blog is a review/response to the recent MSDN article Designing Accessibility with HTML5 by Rajesh Lal (@irajlal). The article is quite extensive and covers an intro to accessibility and...
View ArticleAccessible HTML5 Media Players and More
Here’s a list a accessible HTML5 Media Players—I have not tested them all—and some articles on how to build one yourself. Know any others? Please leave info in a comment. Existing Players Nomensa’s...
View ArticleLongdesc Links, History, Future
Recently I Twittered daily about longdesc, the classic unsung HTML attribute which supports long descriptions of images. Here’s a summary of the tweets/links: HTML5 Image Description Extension...
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Vimeo Updates Video Player Including Accessibility
Vimeo, a YouTube competitor, has recently updated its web-based video player. Vimeo now defaults to an HTML5-based player rather than Flash. It provides much faster playback/load times and improved...
View ArticleClearing Up Summary
The summary attribute is a “classic” method to describe data tables to screen readers users. It’s mentioned in Section 508 and even in WCAG 2.0 technique H73. But this technique is outdated and I...
View ArticleAbout the HTML Epidemic, WebAIM “Million” Report, and Teach Access
It’s been about a dozen years since I first realized that there is a world-wide HTML epidemic. Although I speak about the importance of semantic markup and tweet about it often, I wish I’d written...
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