http://www.weba11y.com/blog Adventures in Web Accessibility Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:50:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/07/02/more-fun-with-the-tabindex-attribute/ Why won't tweetsville display my timeline anymore? Rebooted iPhone, cleared cache - I can see messages and favorites but timeline is blank? # Testing a tweet from tweetsville - timeline won't display? Thus have been out of touch last few days # working on adding aria-readonly to the dojox.DataGrid #dojo #ARIA #a11y ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/06/28/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-06-28/ 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 ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/06/23/working-with-disabled-the-attribute/ can u believe that pressing shift+enter works differently in IE 8 if my Local intranet options are set to auto detect local intranet ntwrk? # just finished presenting to 7th graders at local school - trying to interest them in engineering. Had them build bridges out of paper. Fun! # some ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/06/21/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-06-21/ OK so I should dig a bit further before jumping to conclusions - http://sphinx.pocoo.org/ can generate accessible HTML doc # Maybe a better question to ask is, "what format should be used for creating accessible Web base help?" # Any one know of resources comparing accessibility of CHM vs PDF formats? ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/06/14/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-06-14/ after all the a11y work I did on the DataGrid I get discouraged when people complain it isn't accessible enough for their needs -sigh #dojo # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/06/07/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-06-07/ Not much tweeting lately. Struggling through keyboard event hell for unified handler for click, enter and space keys for dojo widgets #dojo # how do I run safari 3 and safari 4 beta on same machine? I guess I could use web kit daily rather than safari 4 beta if I ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/05/31/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-31/ RT @iStelios : Importance of HTML Headings for Accessibility - Raymond Selda Blog | http://tinyurl.com/qoght8 #a11y # Speaker lineup for the Ajax Exp in Boston: 48 men 1 woman. Not enough women with important titles I guess - how sad. # they are coming by to empty the office trash - must ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/05/24/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-24/ Got some embarrassingly stupid bugs fixed today. Had to admit my stupidity and lack of thorough testing. That'll learn me! #dojo # More info on IEEE Accessing the Future Conference July 20-21 in Boston http://tinyurl.com/qs3hnv Hoping I'll be there ;-) # Heading home from AccessU AUS to BOS # embarrassed ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/05/17/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-17/ worn out after visiting elder parents for the day. It is so hard to become the parent of your parents! # Getting ready for AccessU in Austin, Tx next week. There is still time to register for GREAT a11y training - http://tinyurl.com/clha33 # strange - col-resize and row-resize cursors are ... http://www.weba11y.com/blog/2009/05/10/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-05-10/