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Tag Archives: Firefox
Last week in the “Accessible” module, April 20, 2009
After the Easter holidays, pace has picked up again in the development of accessibility features and other work surrounding our eco system. Actions for sorting and expansion/collapsing After some minor setbacks, David’s patch on exposing actions for ARIA sort and … Continue reading
Article on how to use NVDA and Firefox to test web sites for accessibility
I just published an article on how to use NVDA and Firefox to do website testing. This article can be found on the front page of my blog under the “Pages” section, in the “Articles” sublist. The article is meant … Continue reading
Updated ARIA-spiced form example to work in IE 8
I updated my simple form example from the third Easy ARIA Tip to also work in IE 8. I had to explicitly state a doc type to put IE out of quirks mode into proper IE 8 mode, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox
Tagged Accessibility, ARIA InternetExplorer8, Firefox
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Last week in the “Accessible” module, March 30, 2009
The last week was rather short, but no less busy. First, on the off-code side, I attended the European Accessibility Forum Frankfurt (EAFRA) conference on Friday, March 27. Christian Heilmann from Yahoo! posted a great summary of the event and … Continue reading
Firefox 3.0.7 fixes screen reader users in GMail!
As you may or may not have read yet, Firefox 3.0.7 was just released. This security and stability update brings a very important fix for all screen reader users wanting to use GMail. Previously, it was not possible to open … Continue reading
NVDA 0.6p3 released, quite some news for Mozilla users!
As you may or may not have read, the NVDA team released NVDA 0.6p3 last night. Below, I’d like to highlight those of the changes that are of special interest to those using Mozilla products such as Firefox or Thunderbird … Continue reading
What should the action name for an indeterminate checkbox be?
As noted in this blog post, we’re currently working on implementing the accessibility for HTML 5 checkboxes that are indeterminate. An indeterminate checkbox is a checkbox that is neither checked nor unchecked, or half-checked if you will. The first stage … Continue reading
Implementing a new feature in Gecko that may have an impact on accessibility? Ping the accessibility team and tell them!
This morning, Jeff Walden pinged me on IRC to ask me whether the new indeterminate DOM property for checkboxes that is being introduced in HTML 5 and which recently landed on Mozilla 1.9.2, has any accessibility implications. I did a … Continue reading
New feature: Nesting level and position information for HTML lists
The new year has just begun, and we’re already speeding ahead with new features in Firefox trunk nightlies, AKA version 3.2a1pre. These features won’t see inclusion in Firefox 3.1, but are already the next generation features. The feature I’m going … Continue reading
Firefox 3.0.5 accessibility: New features
Firefox 3.0.5 has just been released, and as the release notes mention, brings a few accessibility improvements. Here’s what they are! Firefox 3.0.5 exposes all CSS display properties as object attributes now in addition to the older “formatting:block” parameter. However, … Continue reading
Starting an Accessible Name refactor, need your help in testing!
For those of you following the Firefox/Gecko platform development, or for those interested in helping out, this is a call for participation. If you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty a bit and would like to help the Firefox … Continue reading
Firefox 3.0.2 has been released, lots of accessibility improvements
As was announced on the Mozilla blog, Firefox 2.0.0.17 and 3.0.2 security updates are now available. In addition to the security fixes, there have been a couple of significant accessibility improvements made to Firefox 3.0.2 that I’d like to give … Continue reading
WebVisum had to switch to an invitational registration system, I can give out invites!
As you may have read on the WebVisum website, the team had to switch to an invitation-based registration system. The spambot abuse attempts became such a toll on the team after such a short time already that they were forced … Continue reading
JAWS 10 public beta’s Firefox 3 support: A review
In the August issue of the “FS Cast” podcast, Freedom Scientific announced the soon-to-be expected availability of JAWS 10 public beta. They also demoed many of the new features, like the automatic forms mode switching. They also mentioned that they … Continue reading
A job opportunity in Mozilla accessibility!
The Mozilla Corporation has the following job opportunity available: The Mozilla Corporation is looking for a full time engineer to develop accessibility in its software. The job will involve working with a small team to develop support for a wide … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Firefox, Mozilla
Tagged Accessibility, development, Firefox, job, Mozilla
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New: Firefox 3 with Screen Readers FAQ online!
After the release of Firefox 3, it became apparent that there were many questions that came up again and again on the various mailing lists. The accessibility team along with several community members formulated a set of frequently asked questions … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Firefox, Mozilla
Tagged Accessibility, FAQ, Firefox, ScreenReader, Support
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Support for text attributes and spell checking is coming in Firefox 3.1!
For those of you on the bleeding edge, namely on the Firefox 3.1a1pre nightly builds, the Friday’s nightly build will include one big new feature in accessibility for 3.1: Text attributes and spell checking support! This means that assistive technologies … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Firefox, Mozilla, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird
Tagged Accessibility, AT-SPI, Firefox, IAccessible2, TextAttributes
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Easy ARIA tip #3: aria-invalid and role “alert”
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
Posted in Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox, Uncategorized
Tagged Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox
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WordPress 2.6 brings a lot of accessibility improvements!
I just upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.6. This version brings with it a number of accessibility enhancements. One thing you might have noticed already is that there is now a default language set. Default English blogs should now always … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox, Orca, WordPress
Tagged Accessibility, ARIA, Firefox, NVDA, Orca, WordPress
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