(incomplete and not in chronological order) Archive of stuff I have written/edited over the years 2005-2018

Specifications

• HTML 5.2 - W3C Recommendation, 14 December 2017
• HTML 5.1 2nd Edition W3C Recommendation 3 October 2017
• HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML - W3C Recommendation 28 October 2014
• Using ARIA - W3C Editor's Draft 17 October 2018
• ARIA in HTML - W3C Working Draft 18 October 2018
• HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0 - W3C Working Draft 25 October 2018

Articles

1. Making sure hidden frames are hidden
2. The title attribute – what is it good for
3. AJAX and Screen Readers – Content Access Issues
4. Short note on role none or presentation
5. A (not so) short note on ARIA to the rescue.html
6. A Brave New alt in {HTML5}.html
7. Accessibility Notes 2nd August 2011.html
8. alt in HTML5 Required – to be or not to be.html
9. alt in HTML5 – Moving Forward.html
10. Anybody can be an A11y Slacker.html
11. Apple Webkit Gets Serious About WAI-ARIA (on Mac).html
12. ARIA alert support.html
13. ARIA in HTML – there goes the neighborhood.html
14. ARIA role support how the Windows browsers stack up – Update.html
15. ARIA Role Support in Safari 4.0.html
16. ARIA Toggle Button and Tri-state Checkbox examples.html
17. aria-labelledby and aria-describedby support in popular Windows browsers.html
18. Brief history of browser accessibility support.html
19. Browser & Assistive Technology Tests Redux.html
20. Building an Accessible Disclosure Button – using Web Components
21. cite and blockquote – reloaded.html
22. Comparison of ARIA roles exposed via MSAA and UI Automation in IE9.html
23. Computer says NO to HTML5 document outline.html
24. CSS, HTML, ARIA, browsers, assistive technology and interoperability.html
25. Easy content organisation with HTML5.html
26. Emulating failure.html
27. Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers.html
28. Firefox 14 image long description via link using aria-describedby.html
29. Google Chrome accessibility update.html
30. How Can I Validate (X)HTML + ARIA.html
31. How to mark up subheadings, subtitles, alternative titles and taglines.html
32. how to remove CSS outlines in an accessible manner.html
33. How YOU can join the W3C HTML5 Working Group in 4 easy steps.html
34. HTML Developers Please Consider HTML5 Doctor.html
35. HTML5 Techniques for providing useful text alternatives.html
36. HTML5 accessibility.html
37. HTML5 Accessibility analysis.html
38. HTML5 Accessibility Challenges.html
39. HTML5 Accessibility Chops ARIA & validation.html
40. HTML5 Accessibility Chops ARIA landmark support.html
41. HTML5 Accessibility Chops ARIA role=alert browser support.html
42. HTML5 Accessibility Chops Block Links.html
43. HTML5 Accessibility Chops Conflicting advice and requirements.html
44. HTML5 Accessibility Chops data for the masses.html
45. HTML5 Accessibility Chops form control labeling.html
46. HTML5 Accessibility Chops hidden and aria-hidden support on the UP!.html
47. HTML5 Accessibility Chops hidden and aria-hidden.html
48. HTML5 Accessibility Chops Just use a (native HTML) button.html
49. HTML5 Accessibility Chops notes on using ARIA.html
50. HTML5 Accessibility Chops section elements.html
51. HTML5 Accessibility Chops SVG text alternative example.html
52. HTML5 Accessibility Chops the alt decision.html
53. HTML5 Accessibility Chops the figure and figcaption elements.html
54. HTML5 Accessibility Chops the placeholder attribute.html
55. HTML5 Accessibility Chops title attribute use and abuse.html
56. HTML5 Accessibility Chops using nested figure elements.html
57. HTML5 Accessibility Chops When to use an ARIA role.html
58. HTML5 Accessibility Chops ‘real world’ ARIA landmark use.html
59. HTML5 accessibility implementation support in browsers.html
60. HTML5 Accessibility – September 2012.html
61. HTML5 and alt The editors new clothes.html
62. HTML5 and the myth of WAI-ARIA redundance.html
63. HTML5 canvas accessibility discussions 2009-2011.html
64. HTML5 Canvas Accessibility in Firefox 13.html
65. HTML5 Canvas Accessibility in Internet Explorer 9.html
66. HTML5 canvas sub DOM.html
67. HTML5 semantics and accessibility.html
68. HTML5 – Check it Before you Wreck it with Mike[tm] Smith.html
69. IE 8 beta with WAI ARIA SUPPORT!.html
70. JAWS Support for ARIA – updated October 2012.html
71. JAWS version 10 with WAI-ARIA live region support!.html
72. Latest ARIA landmark support data.html
73. Notes on accessibility of text replacement using HTML5 canvas.html
74. Notes on fixing incorrect table structure using ARIA.html
75. Notes on HTML5 accessibility support in IE 10.html
76. Notes on notes (of smart people) about web components.html
77. Notes on providing alt text for twitter images.html
78. Notes on use of multiple ARIA role attribute values.html
79. Notes on Web Components + ARIA.html
80. On HTML belts and ARIA braces (The Default Implicit ARIA semantics they didn’t want you to know about).html
81. On joining the HTML editors team.html
82. Opera doesn’t work with screen readers – does it matter.html
83. Pro HTML5 Accessibility – review.html
84. Short Note on ARIA, Dragon and Standards.html
85. Short note on aria-labelledby and aria-describedby.html
86. Short note on being busy.html
87. Short note on getting spaced out with SC 1.4.12 Text Spacing.html
88. Short note on hiding stuff in interactive elements from screen readers.html
89. Short Note on HTML conformance checking.html
90. Short note on improving usability of scrollable regions.html
91. Short note on making your mark (more accessible).html
92. Short note on use of alt=”” and the title attribute.html
93. Short note on what CSS display properties do to table semantics.html
94. Shortish note on JAWS support for regions.html
95. Simple inline error message pattern.html
96. Simple standalone toggletip widget pattern.html
97. Slow Week in Web Standards.html
98. Some stuff that doesn’t work between the DOM and Shadow DOM.html
99. Sucking on WCAG 2.0.html
100. Testing ARIA User Input control’s navigation support.html
101. Testing WAI-ARIA Role Support.html
102. The Browser Accessibility Tree.html
103. The HTML5 Document Outline.html
104. The ride to 5 HTML5 Doctor.html
105. The state of hidden content support in 2016.html
106. Thoughts on “Notes from the future of HTML session at TPAC”.html
107. TPG at CSUN 2018.html
108. TPG at W3C in 2016.html
109. Usability and accessibility opportunities in a web component world.html
110. Using ARIA in HTML HTML5 Doctor.html
111. Using ARIA in HTML.html
112. Using WAI-ARIA Landmarks – 2013.html
113. W3C HTML and WHATWG HTML ‘split’ effect on HTML Accessibility.html
114. W3C TPAC 2014 – notes and souvenirs.html
115. WAI-ARIA Implementation in JavaScript UI Libraries – updated.html
116. WAI-ARIA role support – How the browsers stack up.html
117. WAI-ARIA role support – How the MAC browsers stack up.html
118. WAI-ARIA, it’s Easy – @media 2008.html
119. WCAG 2.0 Parsing Criterion is a PITA.html
120. WCAG 2.0 parsing error bookmarklet.html
121. Web Accessibility Toolbar 2011.html
122. Web Components punch list.html
123. What ARIA does not do.html