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Switching to Android full-time – an experiment

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Marco

A few weeks ago, I decided to conduct an experiment. I wanted to determine if Android 4.2.2 “Jelly Bean” was finally ready for me to switch to full-time, away from an iPhone. Background I’ve been an iPhone user for four … Continue reading →

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Recent happenings in accessibility-related projects financially supported by Mozilla

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Marco

For several years now, Mozilla has funded varying projects in the field of accessibility development. Projects like Orca’s support for WAI-ARIA live regions, GNOME Accerciser, NVDA, or more recently, audio and video accessibility work and Firebug accessibility, are, in whole … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X accessibility: A success story

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Marco

Over the past couple of years, accessibility options have become more widely available than just on the Windows platform. Since GNOME 2.18, Orca has become part of the desktop package, offering a way for some distributions to be installed with … Continue reading →

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Some random thoughts

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Marco

I’m currently attending the Mozilla 2008 summit in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Among all the good sessions we’re having, there are a couple that I definitely want to blog more about over the course of the next few days, but … Continue reading →

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Easy ARIA tip #3: aria-invalid and role “alert”

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Marco

I know, I know, it’s been a while since I posted my last Easy ARIA tip. But I’m hoping that this one will find you all excited and willing to play with it some more! The problem: You have a … Continue reading →

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Extension developers: 5 things to make your extension more accessible

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Marco

After my first reach out to extension developers, Aaron and I have brainstormed and come up with the 5 most common things you as an extension developer should consider to make your extension more accessible. Here’s what we came up … Continue reading →

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