September 2008
ARIA and Web 2.0 Accessibility
by Rich Schwerdtfeger from IBM
Web Access Centre Blog :: Too much accessibility - TITLE attributes
People with dyslexia: often prefer not to have “tooltips” popping up, as they can be a serious distraction to the process of reading the text. If they have moved to a standards compliant browser to get away from the ALT attribute popping up in Internet Explorer, imagine how delighted they might be to find a site that has more TITLE “tooltips” than a leopard has spots.
a more and more seen bad practice, using TITLE instead of ALT.
Firefox test case: Web content, keyboard navigation on Windows
A list of JAWS function keystrokes to test with Firefox
Web Usability - Welcome
A main aim of this site is to promote website accessibility. The site incorporates a number of accessibility aids and contains relevant articles on the subject.
great resources and videos
March 2008
Key-navigable custom DHTML widgets - MDC
An increasing number of web applications are using JavaScript to mimic desktop widgets like menus, tree views, rich text fields, and tab panels. Web developers are constantly innovating, and future applications will contain complex, interactive elements such as spreadsheets, calendars, organizational charts, and beyond. Until now, web developers wanting to make their styled <div> and <span> based widgets keyboard accessible have lacked the proper techniques. However, keyboard accessibility is part of the minimum accessibility requirements that any web developer should be aware of.
the usage of tabindex and focus
