Sur le Web, actualités accessibilité numérique, février 2008

Actualités du mois

• "Screen Readers lack emphasis"
  In a recent thread on the Web Standards Group mailing list, the question arose about whether Screen Readers support semantic HTML elements such as strong and em […]
  Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group Blog (28/02/08)
• "The Four Principles of Web Accessibility"
  I have been fortunate to have had an opportunity to create a web site that is going to be showcased by the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Editors as an early and exemplary implementation of the now nearly complete working draft of the WCAG 2.0 (more on this and the WCAG 2.0 later - expect relevant articles) […]
  Mike Cherim, Beast-Blog.com (28/02/08)
• "WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines"
  These errata do not substantively correct WCAG 1's provisions for cognitive disabilities. Compliance with WCAG + Samurai cannot be a claim of full accessibility to people with cognitive disabilities […]
  WCAG Samurai (26/02/08)
• "Nouvelle version accessible de Légifrance"
  Entièrement conforme au standard d'accessibilité aux personnes affectées d'un handicap, Légifrance propose plus de 1 600 000 documents en ligne avec 110 000 documents mis à jour annuellement […]
  Service-Public.fr (25/02/08)
• "Public Bodies Face Assistive Technology Legal Action"
  An increasing amount of research showing that large numbers of staff with dyslexia and other disabilities can benefit from assistive technology mean that public sector bodies face the likelihood of legal action this year or next under the Disability Discrimination Act, a leading analyst said this month […]
  Majeed Saleh, E-Access Blog (19/02/08)
• "Tutoriel vidéo n°5 : Des formulaires accessibles"
  Un formulaire peut être accessible aux personnes utilisant des aides techniques pour accéder au Web. Il s'agira pour le développeur de se conformer à quelques recommandations […]
  Access-Key (2008-02-19)
• "JavaScript, abbr and Internet Explorer"
  The other day I wrote about how screen readers handle abbreviations. I mentioned the lack of support for the abbr element in Internet Explorer (IE 6 and below) and how it may have led people to believe that screen readers working with Internet Explorer don't support it either […]
  Jon Gibbins, dotjay (18/02/08)
• "Raising the Standard"
  Although awareness of the importance of web accessibility is now relatively high after years of struggle by disability campaigners, website owners and developers still face a confusing task in trying to ascertain exactly what they should do to make their sites accessible […]
  Majeed Saleh, E-Access Blog (18/02/08)
• "Are Lists Becoming the New Tables?"
  A number of years ago some members of the scientific community and the United States government were involved in a new way to share text and data documents over phone lines […]
  Mike Cherim, Beast-Blog.com (15/02/08)
• "Les nouveaux défis de l'accessibilité numérique: 1 - la vision actuelle"
  L'accessibilité de contenus et de services web peut-elle se réduire à l'atteinte de niveaux prédéfinis et réglementés ? Répondre "oui" d'emblée serait réducteur et contre-productif, et c'est pourtant ce qui a été fait jusqu'à présent. Ce premier article va montrer que la problématique est bien plus complexe qu'il n'y paraît […]
  Elie Sloïm, Openweb Group (14/02/08)
• "Designing Games That Are Accessible To Everyone"
  Every year more and more people join the ranks of gamers, and new and innovative products are created to feed this influx. However, despite all this progress, disabled gamers have been routinely left behind […]
  Gamasutra, (13/02/08)
• "Les nouveaux défis de l'accessibilité numérique: 2 - une autre vision de la démarche"
  Le premier article sur la démarche d'accessibilité a montré qu'une approche exclusivement centrée sur des résultats ponctuels et quantifiés était limitée et insuffisante. Mais quels sont les moyens d'anticiper et de maîtriser les risques de façon continue ? Quels sont les outils ? Quelles sont les perspectives ? Ce second article décline quelques élements de réflexion et de réponse […]
  Elie Sloïm, Openweb Group (12/02/08)
• "Bobby is Gone"
  If you've been following the news, you know IBM bought Watchfire for their web security software. This stuff happens all the time and rarely are we directly affected. This time, though, we will feel the loss […]
  Team Access, Accessites.org (12/02/08)
• "The title attribute - what is it good for? (resurrected)"
  While working at vision australia I presented at Web Essentials 05 on the HTML title attribute, which lead to a right royal fisking by Joe Clark. I also conducted research on screen reader support and how it (title attribute) was accessed by user's. These documents became unavailable due to hosting issues. As requested by a few people, I have now made them available again […]
  Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group (12/02/08)
• "Too much accessibility - the rise and fall of the Longdesc"
  In the last two months I've come across more examples of the Longdesc attribute in use, than I've seen in as many previous years. Due to this apparent rise in its popularity, this seems like a good time to look at when the Longdesc can be useful, and when it's just a waste of code […]
  Bim, Web Access Centre Blog (12/02/08)
• "Le modèle AccessiWeb pour l'accessibilité du Web"
  L'association BrailleNet publie un petit guide présentant ses actions et ses propositions en faveur de l'accessibilité du Web. Ce guide a été distribué à tous les participants du 2ième Forum Européen de l'Accessibilité Numérique qui s'est tenu le 31 janvier dernier à la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie […]
  Braillenet/AccessiWeb (11/02/08)
• "Sense and sensibility"
  The People with Disabilities Act, which is being revamped, should make inclusive design a reality in all products and places […]
  Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard (10/02/08)
• "Why Not Enjoy a Little Fresh Air?"
  On January 31, 2008, the Accessibility Is a Right (AIR) Foundation was launched. The foundation's first initiative is to provide a free screen reader to all blind computer users, or those who would like to be able to access computers, around the world […]
  Blind Access Journal (09/02/08)
• "Investment in Accessibility is beginning to Pay Off"
  A new study sponsored by The Customer Respect Group finds that companies strategically invested in removing barriers to customer interaction are deriving significant hard and soft benefits from accessibility initiatives […]
  Joanna Bawa, UsabilityNews (08/02/08)
• "Inaccessible Label-Wrapped Form Inputs"
  Not too long ago I wrote an article on keeping forms accessible. That was in September of '07. It's an okay article, mostly accurate and helpful […]
  Mike Cherim, Beast-Blog.com (08/02/08)
• "alt in HTML5 Required? - to be or not to be"
  There has been much discussion both within and outside of the W3C HTML5 Working Group about the HTML5 editor's decision to make the alt attribute optional, to cover those cases where […]
  Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group (07/02/08)
• "Screen readers and abbreviations"
  I was pointed at some advice this week that was telling developers not to worry too much about using the abbr or acronym HTML elements […]
  Jon Gibbins, dotjay (06/02/08)
• "New WAI-Aria Resources"
  WAI-Aria, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities […]
  WAI (04/02/08)
• "Font-based layouts becoming fashionable?"
  Layouts are becoming an issue again. The (browser) landscape is changing, as are the fashion in layouts, but not really in unison […]
  Alastair Campbell (04/02/08)
• "AJAX and Screen Readers - Content Access Issues"
  The rise in the use of AJAX to dynamically change content without refreshing the page has resulted in accessibility problems for users of Assistive Technology such as Screen Readers. The problem can be divided into two issues […]
  Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group (04/02/08)
• "Accessibility and business value study"
  New study finds corporations derive business value by removing barriers for people with disabilities and boomers. Businesses weigh in on accessibility benefits in study sponsored by The Customer Respect Group […]
  Customer Respect Group (01/02/08)