Today, two articles were published on A List Apart about ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) – The Accessibility of WAI-ARIA by Detlev Fischer and ARIA and Progressive Enhancement by Derek Featherstone. Like the ghosts in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, they present an accurate, though somewhat depressing picture of the current and potential future state of […]
WebAIM is excited that eBay has recently launched a set of enhancements to its web site that makes the buying and selling experience more accessible. Users can list, search, navigate, select, and purchase an item on the eBay web site with greater ease. In April and May, WebAIM staff traveled to eBay’s corporate headquarters in […]
WebAIM is often approached by individuals and organizations concerned about “ADA compliance” of their web site. This is a bit of a misnomer. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 pre-dates and does not address web accessibility at all. That may soon be changing. This week the US Department of Justice announced that they are […]
As many of you know, I and a very tiny army of WebAIM software engineers are currently hard at work developing WAVE5–the fifth version of our ever-popular WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. As part of this process, we’re planning to move from the “static web page” model used for the first four incarnations of WAVE […]
Department of Justice seeks public comment on making the web part of covered regulations within the ADA Along with many of you, WebAIM celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While we have much to be thankful for, many of us in the web accessibility movement have often wondered when the […]
