How to judge what should be <h2> , h3 h4 h5 h6 or <p><strong>Some text</strong></p> If we don't have knowledge about context Only title of the page i can judge easily <h1> How to judge others I always get content from clients in MS word 2007 format and client always use fontsize to make things smaller and bigger. How we can best judge...
Is microformat's classes structure good for Screen reader? <div class="vcard"> <span class="fn">Gregory Peck</span> <a class="org url" href="http://www.commerce.net/">CommerceNet</a> <div class="adr"> <span class="type">Work</span>: <div class="street-address">169 University Avenue</div> <span class="locality"...
If I have a form that updates via AJAX, there is a chance that the original value field (as it was output to the browser) will not match the text that the form field now has inside. I know from a blind user that I help on occasion that Jaws 9 and later has strong support for rich internet applications (specifically AJAX and DOM changes)...
What would be the best method to code heading/title of <ul> or <ol>? Like we have <caption> in <table>. and we don't want to make them bold Example image: This is ok <p> heading </p> <ul> <li>list item </li> <li>list item </li> <li>list item </li> </ul> or always headings should be used? <h/3/4/5/6> heading </h/3/4/5/6> <ul> <l...
What is the biggest disadvantage to use CSS positioning(From Dreamweaver AP Div) for everything instead Float for fixed width, centered website? if I don't care for Mobile users Small screen users (smaller than 1024 px screen size) But I care for Screen reader user All browser user (including IE6) ...
I have to show headings in italics, Is it ok? <h5><em>Heading text in italic</em></h5> Or i should use <p> <p><em>Heading text in italic</em></p> If we use then how screen reader will read this and Is it semantically correct? I don't want to use class. ...
For example: This is ok <div> <p>some <strong>long</strong> text</p> <strong>- end -</strong> <p>some long text</p> </div> Or this is more semantically correct? <div> <p>some <strong>long</strong> text</p> <p><strong>- end -</strong></p> <p>some long text</p> </div> ...
What is the difference between Popup , chromeless window, modal-window, lightbox, hover ad? Which is unblockable with default setting on any browser, more accessible with screen reader and even accessible if javascript disabled? ...
What are the usability, accessibility, screen-reader, or any other development, functionality, or cross browser issues with <iframe>? Is there any alternative for <iframe>? And are there any JavaScript/jQuery or server-side techniques which can decrease the usability, accessibility, or screen-reader issues with <iframe>? Why has the ...
What is the benefit of writing meaningful css .class and #id names? Do screen readers speak to help the user understand the meaning and purpose of content inside the tags? ...
Instead of giving "back to top" button is it good to make layout with fixed header and footer for better usability? or this type of layout can be problem for screen reader? Like this http://limpid.nl/lab/css/fixed/header-and-footer ...
<img src=”young-girl-in-red-gown.jpg” alt=”young girl in red gown” title=”Young girl in red gown”/> Is my above example a good example? Should it be always like this? In above example i used image file name, alt text and title almost same. although it's just a image not image inside <a> Is it ok to use same text as Al...
Is it ok to hide any thing temporarily or forever using display:none? in dynamic site where many component of page coming from different plugins etc and many time if client doesn't want any thing on page then i use dispaly:none to hide things from page . I do not remove thing from actual source because client can come back ask to enable ...
if screen reader fill any content wrong then how to give info (if javascript is disabled) to user to go that field any fill the correct value. with jvascript we can show javascript alert but if js is disabled then? I need solution for asp.net 20 and PHP both. ...
Which screen reader would be best to test site accessibility and how to configure that screen reader to test website (or default screen-reader setting would be ok) and which browser should be used to test accessibility with screen-readers? Free or commercial it doesn't matter . Which can give best testing then site should be accessible ...
Is it mandatory in some countries to make all websites accessible? If so, what would happen if someone in country with this mandate does not make a website accessible? Can the government remove or block the IP if the site is not accessible? How could the government know if any website is not accessible? Do they check every single websit...
I use "read more" at the end of paragraph just for reminder for user same like P.T.O Why it's problematic? ...
What is preferred method to link PDF(with icon) on a page in terms of semantic, accessibility, usability and SEO? for example this is a name of PDF "01ccc5.pdf" but inside PDF this is the title of PDF "How to search in long PDF" Should i use PDF subject as a file name like "How-to-search-in-long-PDF? and I want to show link of PDF as ...
What is the problem with <table> tag which is not with <div> for screen reader users? Please Explain with example. ...
WCAG 2.0 is released should we follow only WCAG 2.0 guideline or we should combination of both no need to consider WCAG 1.0 now? or if I'm considering WCAG guideline then do i need to consider any other guideline along with WCAG like RNIB, DDA Act, Section 508 etc. or if I'm already considering WCAG guideline then no need to look at oth...