Can’t even remember the last time I posted……. but this seemed like the easiest way to share my thoughts on SXSW this year. I decided not to lug my laptop around the conference this year and just bring my iPad. I have penultimate for taking notes and can check email, my SXSW schedule and twitter […]
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More Fun with the tabindex attribute
Back in November, 2007 I blogged my results of testing the tabindex attribute in several browsers. I recently retested with the latest versions of the browsers and included Safari 4. Luckily the recommended methods for working with the tabindex attribute do not change. Here is the updated version: All you never wanted to know about […]
Working with disabled (the attribute)
Once again I was bitten by the manner in which the difference browsers report the value of the disabled attribute. I decided to test the different ways of using the disabled attributes and record my results. When writing JavaScript I generally use the object.getAttribute("attributeName") syntax to get an attribute value. However, this will return very […]
Creating Accessible Popup Help with Dojo and ARIA
I thought I would create and ARIA example of Popup Help – turns out that is easier said than done. By Popup Help I mean a link or trigger element that is activated to display a block of help text that “floats” above the rest of the page. It seemed easy enough to implement until […]
Learning about Video and Captioning
I have to admit that working on creating videos and captioned videos has been a humbling experience. I really don’t understand video on the web, yet, and wonder how so many youTube videos actually get created! I can certainly see why they don’t get captions – the process is tedious and can be confusing! I […]
Captioned Video on Importance of Header elements for screen reader users
Updated on May 14, 2009 – The South Africa Web Standards link no longer seems to work. I also updated the page with the embedded video so there should be fewer problems with it. Through a tweet from AccessibleTwitter I was directed to a blog entry at The South African Web Standards and Accessibility Group […]
Augmenting Button Text with ARIA
Say you have a set of invitations to connect to colleagues in your favorite social networking software. These might be listed one after another with an accept and reject button associated with each request. But, if someone is using a screen reader to just tab through the buttons on the page, how would you know […]
Thoughts on SXSW 2009
Well, better late than never sharing my thoughts on SXSW! Thanks to Sharron Rush of Knowbility.org for organizing, I have been able to participate with her on accessibility related panels for the past two years. This year Sharron and I presented Ajax Accessibility: An ARIA Duet and I was also able to do a short […]
An ugly duckling of twitter
I joined the ranks of twitter recently but I feel more like I quack rather than tweet! It was fun at first to post what I was doing or where I was going but then I realized twitter is much more than just social. I decided to use twitter to increase my knowledge of accessibility […]
Stevie Wonder Interview on Click
Great interview with Stevie Wonder from Click – BBC’s Technology Programme. The video interview is 15 minutes long but there is also a written synopsis. It was interesting to hear Stevie’s use of technology and also his opinion on surgery to restore eyesight. I was pleased so hear the interviewer bring up the issue of […]