Director of Accessibility Automation
Wilco Fiers
Wilco has been in the field of accessibility for 18 years, and is the product manager of Deque’s advanced rules, and previously of Axe-core and Axe linter. He has a leading role at the W3C as Deque’s advisory committee representative, facilitator of the ACT Task Force, and former project manager of WCAG 3.0. On behalf of Deque, Wilco managed the EU-funded accessibility projects WAI-Tools & WAI-Coop, and regularly does public speaking on various topics related to digital accessibility.
Posts from Wilco
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First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0, A Brief History
In part 1 of this series we looked at the proposed structure for W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0, and how you can provide feedback. To…
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What to Expect From The First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0
Today marks a milestone in digital accessibility, where the W3C announces the first public working draft of the W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0. WCAG is…
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Deque releases axe-core 4.1
Today Deque released version 4.1.0 of axe-core. The goal of this release was to address long-standing issues and gaps. This involved adding several new rules…
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What to Expect From WCAG 2.2
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) have been the standard for digital accessibility the world around for two decades. This autumn, the W3C is preparing…
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Axe-core 4.0 is Here!
Over the past few years, browsers like Firefox and Chrome have provided tools to better protect their users with advanced security features. The latest release…
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Axe™ Updates: Deque releases axe-core 3.5!
With axe-core 3.5, you get 4 new rules, several bug fixes, and a new localization. But what has us especially excited is a much faster,…
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