Tag Archives: HTML5

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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Firefox 6: html:progress element accessibility

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Marco

Recently, Mounir landed support for the HTML5 progress element on the Mozilla development branch (AKA “Nightly” channel). A few days later, after a concerted effort and another episode of “Marco and C++ are only partially good friends” , accessibility support … Continue reading →

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New accessibility support for HTML5 elements and attributes

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Marco

In the nightly builds starting November 9th, 2010, there are some HTML5 elements and attributes newly supported by the accessibility APIs. This will be in Firefox 4.0. Landmark elements mapped to WAI-ARIA landmark roles We are mapping the following HTML5 … Continue reading →

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What should the action name for an indeterminate checkbox be?

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Marco

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 →

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