PDF Accessibility: Everything You Need to Know
2013 is drawing to a close and we wanted to highlight some of the best posts on the Deque blog you may have missed. Earlier…
Aria-required=true: WCAG 2 Compliance versus Best Practice
Because the attribute “aria-required” is supported by commonly used browser-assistive technology combinations, many consider its use as the easiest and most optimal method for indicating…
Accessible Dynamic Forms and Form Validation with jQuery
Forms are some of the most important pieces of most web sites; without them, we would not be able to log in, sign up, purchase,…
Accessible jQuery UI DatePicker
Today’s post is from Chris McMeeking, a software developer at Deque. Prior to working with Deque, Chris ran his own company dedicated to making mobile…
Accessible Marketing for Content Creators
Up next in our continuing series on accessible marketing, we look to our marketing and design partners at The Whole Brain Group. In this post, we…
Accessible Marketing: Designing for Website Accessibility
As part of our continuing series on accessible marketing, we look to our marketing and design partners at The Whole Brain Group. In this post, Creative…
August #a11ychat – PDF Accessibility Testing
Get ready – #a11ychat will be back on August 19th from 4-5pm EDT. Our August topic will be PDF Accessibility Testing. We’ll get into methodologies, tools…
Techniques for Labeling Standard HTML Form Controls
“Techniques for Labeling Standard HTML Form Controls” is an advanced accessibility technique post by Deque Principal Consultant Sailesh Panchang. In this post, Sailesh gives detailed information…
Three Reasons to Consider Accessibility in Your Digital Marketing
This post is the second in a series about accessible marketing by The Whole Brain Group. The series will include helpful free downloadable content including an…
Pragmatica11y: Teaching Accessibility Core Rules
Following in the footsteps of the discussion initiated last month, allow me to go further down the path of the so-called “accessibility core rules” as…
Requirements for an Accessible PDF: Part 2 – Common Accessibility Barriers
In the first post of this series, we covered why integrating accessibility at the very first steps of a project can be beneficial to the…
A Note About Using WAI-ARIA
Some accessibility experts are of the opinion that they have a general agreement about using WAI-ARIA wherever and whenever one can. Opinion “Using WAI-ARIA wherever…