Short note on being busy
The aria-busy attribute, when set to true is supposed to provide a hint to screen readers that the content within the subtree of the element it is on is being updated and should not be announced....
View ArticleWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
This week (5 June 2018) saw the release of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 as a W3C recommendation – meaning that the working group (which, among many others, included members from...
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Short note on scoping mechanisms
In 2 recent articles I have illustrated why the scope attribute is not needed on data tables with one row or column of th elements, or data tables with 1 row and column of th elements (first row and...
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Short note: The abbreviation appreciation society
The HTML <abbr> element is deceptively familiar and attractive, its been around forever (1999) and thus people assume that it does what it does and does it well. Nothing much changed over the...
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How do You Test Success Criterion 1.3.5 on Mobile Applications?
Updated 13th May 2019 Here at TPG we have been asking this question and been working hard to fully understand this Success Criterion and provide a feasible solution. This has of course led to several...
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Short note on prefers-reduced-motion and puzzled (Windows) users
With prefers-reduced-motion (part of CSS Media Queries Level 5’s User Preferences Media Features) it’s possible to easily suppress, or provide alternatives to, unnecessary and problematic animation...
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Notes from the a11y underground #2
Things that caught my interest since Notes from the a11y underground #1: The ARIA working group is considering making it an author error to use aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-describedby on some...
View ArticleAccessibility at the W3C Workshop on Web Games
I recently attended the W3C Workshop on Web Games, hosted at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, WA. This post is a summary of what I learnt from an accessibility perspective. It was a genuinely...
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Bolt-on Accessibility – 5 gears in reverse
Many organizations first encounter accessibility as a risk to be managed. They may hear of drive-by lawsuits, bad press, and inflated costs. They are the prime target for products that promise to...
View ArticleDoes WCAG Apply to Kiosks?
In summary: yes, WCAG applies to kiosks. Overview of Kiosk Accessibility Rules Kiosk accessibility is largely guided by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA sets forth hardware...
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