Monthly Archives: October 2009

Easy ARIA Tip #4: Landmarks

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Marco

Yes, they’re back! This is the fourth Easy ARIA Tip in a trilogy of Easy ARIA Tips. This week, WebAIM published the results of their second screen reader survey. One of the things to note for me was that not … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, ARIA | 20 Comments

Firefox 3.5.4 fixes certain comboboxes on Linux with Orca

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Marco

If you haven’t noticed yet, Firefox 3.5.4 hit the web last night. For accessibility, this brings one major fix all of our Linux and Solaris users will appreciate: Certain comboboxes such as the “Security Question” one on the GMail signup … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Firefox, Orca | 7 Comments

NVDA 2009.1 beta, what’s in it for Firefox users?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Marco

En route to their 2009.1 final release, the NV Access team has released 2009.1beta1. Here’s a run-down of new features since their 0.6p3 release, of which I did a similar post. This does not cover everything, just the bits that … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox, NVDA | 11 Comments

The importance of placement of HTML elements in a document

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Marco

This was an issue I ran into today, so thought I’d blog about it. When dealing with dynamically added and removed content on web pages, there are usually two approaches: One approach is to show and hide content in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility | 18 Comments

New approaches to Flash and Java accessibility in the browser on Windows

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Marco

Mick and Jamie from NV Access, the organization behind the free and open-source NVDA screen reader for Windows, are taking new approaches to accessing accessible Flash and Java applets inside the browser. Traditionally, Adobe Flash content is being rendered into … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Firefox, NVDA | 22 Comments