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Can checklist accessibility be harmful?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Can checklist accessibility be harmful? Can checklist accessibility be harmful? Accessibility checklists based on. Or Section 508 guidelines were intended to help make Web sites accessible. These checklists are meant to ensure that the process of accessibility checking is done consistently and comprehensively. So how can accessibility checklists be harmful? The wrong tool for most users.
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Enhancement to and replacement for longdesc
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Enhancement to and replacement for longdesc. Enhancement to and replacement for longdesc. Regardless of your stance on whether longdesc should be part of HTML, I think we can all agree that the ability to textually describe non-textual objects, such as images, is a desirable feature for the Web. So I would like to propose a way to:. Make it easier for content authors to use longdesc right now.
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What should be the new mission of W3C?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. What should be the new mission of W3C? What should be the new mission of. Takes the reins, the mission of. Is getting a look over. Is the self-appointed steward of the Web. What happens at. Will ultimately affect us all because the Web has become an integral part of our society. Going forward,. And do you trust. To represent your interests? A matter of trust. Is run like a business, where pay...
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Do we need three ways to describe images?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Do we need three ways to describe images? Do we need three ways to describe images? Many people interpret the. As a short description of an image and. As a detailed description. Is this useful? Does not take into consideration the context of the image, making comprehension difficult when reading content containing images that cannot be seen. The definition of. Second, we need a description fo...
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Should HTML5 spec correct the img element definition?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Should HTML5 spec correct the img element definition? Element is one of the more difficult. Elements to use correctly. Part of the problem is caused by the unhelpful definition of the. HTML5 tries to correct the definition of some elements. Element is defined as [causing] a horizontal rule to be rendered by visual user agents, whereas the correct use of this element is as a content separator.
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Is ARIA for content doomed to failure?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Is ARIA for content doomed to failure? For content doomed to failure? Adds hidden information to. Accessible. Some believe that. Can also replace existing. Accessibility features to make content. Accessible. Is it worth the effort to remove specialized built-in. Accessibility features in favor of this generic add-on technology, or is. For content doomed to failure? P a id= desc2. Can produce ...
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Is it irresponsible to advocate using HTML5 before it is ready?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Is it irresponsible to advocate using HTML5 before it is ready? Is it irresponsible to advocate using. Before it is ready? A number of renowned. Supporters are advocating the use of. To the general public while the spec is still in development, unproven, and subject to change. Is this in the best interest of Web site creators or simply irresponsible behaviour? Editors, is HTML Tidy. Is paraph...
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An offer to the HTML5 team to save longdesc
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. An offer to the HTML5 team to save longdesc. An offer to the HTML5 team to save longdesc. To the dismay of many accessibility experts and advocates, the. Attribute has been dropped from the. Spec because this feature is not popular. Despite its lack of use, this feature has the. Why is the longdesc attribute unpopular? Attribute is not used as intended because the. Attribute and the related.
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Is Web accessibility a human right?
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Articles, advocacy, discussion and debate about the many problems of the Web and the challenges of rebuilding it. Is Web accessibility a human right? Is Web accessibility a human right? If the Web is unusable . Web sites are rendered inaccessible in many ways, as illustrated by the following examples:. Missing alternative content for images is simply missing content if you are a user who is not able to see images. Low contrast combinations of colours can make reading impossible for some users. Combinatio...
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