Monthly Archives: June 2009

New accessibility features in Firefox 3.5

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Marco

Firefox 3.5 is fast approaching, and it’s time to list all the user-visible changes to the accessibility support in this new version! Support for text attributes, formatting and spell checking Firefox 3.5 exposes text attributes such as bold, underlined, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox | 34 Comments

My first experience using an accessible touch screen device

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Marco

Yes, you read correctly: An accessible touch screen device! This morning, I went to a retail store carrying mostly Apple products and had a look at the new iPhone 3G S that was released in Germany on Friday. Apple revealed … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Apple | 103 Comments

Exposure of audio and video elements to assistive technologies

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Marco

This blog has been quiet recently due to me being away at the AEGIS forum and workshop near London last week (more on that to come soon), and us preparing everything for the Firefox 3.5 release. If you’re using Firefox … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Firefox | 4 Comments