Monthly Archives: December 2011

Quick tip: Handling the sub menus in the WordPress 3.3 admin area with a screen reader

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Marco

This is a quick tip to show how to use the new sub menus in the admin area of WordPress 3.3 with a screen reader. For this, I’m using NVDA 2011.3RC, and Firefox 9. The new sub menus are a … Continue reading →

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Social networks and accessibility: A rather sad picture

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Marco

In recent months, several popular social networks relaunched or updated their services, and one new player came out onto the plain field that, initially hyped, now is hardly talked about any more. Unfortunately, what all these have in common, is … Continue reading →

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From WAI-ARIA to HTML5 and back…or maybe not?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Marco

Over the weekend, I gave a presentation at the German Multimediatreff. I talked about how to make things more accessible by combining HTML5 and WAI-ARIA in smart ways, using HTML5 where available and appropriate, and enhancing the user experience where … Continue reading →

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