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Big news of the week is NOT the US Election results! WCAG 2.0 moves to a W3C Proposed Recommendation - http://snurl.com/563g6.
Thoughts on dConstruct 2008, the social web and accessibility - http://snurl.com/47xrm.
Keep up to date with all the latest developments after Scripting Enabled - http://scriptingenabed.pbwi....
WAI-ARIA implementations - IE8 Betas going down a different path? http://snurl.com/44fee
Missed dConstruct 2008? Podcasts starting to come through - http://2008.dconstruct.org/.... More to come + transcriptions!
Quote from Scripting Enabled - "does Web 2.0 mean pages are just a mess for screen reader users?" What do you think?
Tickets still available for Scripting Enabled - come down on Friday and get inspiration for accessibility mashups! http://snurl.com/3r227
<head>'s up on Singularity's name change. Same conference, different name http://aralbalkan.com/1469
JS tip continued: "helper links" are non-essential use of JS i.e functionality replicated in the browser and already available to the user.
JavaScript tip: Use JS to write "helper" links, like "Close window", that rely on JS to function so they won't appear when JS is disabled
Retweet @codepo8 Scripting Enabled Schedule is live: http://scriptingenabled.org...
Sign the petition to save John Slatin's Accessibility Institute http://tinyurl.com/6gg2wm
Tip: When embedding Flash, test by tabbing through all active regions of the page to be sure it can be tabbed into, through and out again.
Two cheers for Target say @brucel, what do you think? http://tinyurl.com/6arl2c
Tip: Screen readers announce fieldset legend for every input in the fieldset. Make sure they add context rather than repeat meaningless info
It certainly does, I expect there will be quite a bit of discussion on what this means soon...
Hot off the press: NFB and Target agree to a $6m class action settlement in California over inaccessible website http://tinyurl.com/6x76p2
More speakers announced for Singularity 08 with RNIB's Henny Swan amongst them http://www.singularity08.co...
Good news: Jaws 10 now comes with support for WAI ARIA live region support http://www.paciellogroup.co...
Missed the contoversy and creativity that came out of AbilityNet's Accessibility 2.0? Check out the podcasts at http://tinyurl.com/5gfgv3
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