tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77496652007-05-08T12:39:19.550-07:00Web Accessibility Toolbar EN 1.1steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1131070348841960262005-11-03T18:11:00.000-08:002006-10-09T02:48:58.263-07:00NEW Toolbar BlogPLEASE NOTE: All future web accessibility toolbar posts will be on the new blog web-accessibility-toolbar.blogspot.comsteve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1130384721065649542005-10-26T20:32:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:02:48.876-08:00NEW - Web Accessibility Toolbar EN 1.2At long last I have managed to release the new English version of the Toolbar!
The Web Accessibility Toolbar EN 1.2 is now available.
There are a heap of new and updated features including:
Integrated colour contrast analyser application.New source menu with some old favourites and new functionality: including source highlighters and 3rd party DOM inspectors.Bug fixes galoreNew functions such assteve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1129848871038622662005-10-20T15:39:00.000-07:002006-08-04T22:15:59.340-07:00The Toolbar = no spywareI recently had an email from a user reporting that their antivirus software [kaspersky] was reporting that the web accessibility toolbar contained malware: called "AdWare.Win32.Accessibility.a", naturally I was concerned and investigated this. I could not find any information about "AdWare.Win32.Accessibility.a" and kaspersky could not provide any. After an exchange of emails with Kaspersky steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1128902429823081252005-10-09T16:51:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:06:41.663-08:00New Italian and Danish versions of WAT 1.2
Roberto Scano and Roberto Castaldo have collaborated with the WAT-C to produce
a new updated Italian version of the Web Accessibility Toolbar.
Italian: Web Accessibility Toolbar IT 1.2 Informazioni e Download La Barra dell'Accessibilità - IT Versione 1.2
Helle Bjarnø [Visual Impairment Knowledge Centre] and Mette Røhe
[Kompetencecentret it for alle (KIA)] have worked with WAT-C to produce steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1128475969898291372005-10-04T18:29:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:02:16.886-08:00Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar"Testing a website for accessibility can be a time-consuming and laborious process. The free Web Accessibility Toolbar can do most of the hard work for you though. Read all about it in this month feature article and discover how to use web accessibility's best kept secret!"
Read this article in full at webcredible - Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar.steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1128299300556627262005-10-02T17:25:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:04:12.773-08:00[Toolbar functions not working] Working Now!There has been a disruption with our server, so some toolbar functions have not been working since yesterday (Sunday, 1st October). The issue has now been resolved and the functions will be back online within the next couple of hours. Sorry for any inconvenience caused!steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1128159741975071292005-10-01T02:36:00.000-07:002005-10-03T03:40:02.286-07:00TITLE Attribute - what is it good for?Presentation by Steve Faulkner at Web Essentials 05 Conference [http://we05.com].
Supporting material:
Screen reader software support for the TITLE attribute. Assistive Technology users test TITLE attribute access.WE05, accessibilitysteve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1127704644587506632005-09-25T20:13:00.000-07:002005-10-02T17:29:01.096-07:00Colour contrast analyser version 1.0 - Dutch version now available!Many thanks to Bernd Oldenbeuving for the translation
The AIS colour contrast analyser is now available in Dutch:
Nieuw - Nederlandse versie: download informatiesteve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1126830418663681212005-09-15T17:22:00.000-07:002005-09-15T17:26:58.670-07:00Leading Accessibility Organisations Launch International Development ConsortiumAustralia, Europe, Japan and United States form "WAT-C" to create real time web and software accessibility analysis tools via GPL. - Thursday, September 15, 2005
Melbourne, Australia. Today organisations representing four continents announced the official launch of the Web Accessibility Tool Consortium (WAT-C, www.wat-c.org). The new consortium is developing a series of browser-based web steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1126236694661475812005-09-08T20:29:00.000-07:002005-09-08T20:31:34.666-07:00Using the AIS Web Accessibility ToolbarWebAIM have published an overview on how to use the Web Accessibility Toolbar.steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1125528817128049252005-08-31T15:51:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:15:27.673-08:00WAT for IE Chinese language versionsThe Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT for IE) is now available in traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese language versions.
Many thanks to Jedi for his work on the WAT for IE localisation, and to JUn for his development of the resource DLL's!steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1124786393186921382005-08-23T01:18:00.000-07:002005-08-24T20:39:53.816-07:00Another WAT 1.1 minor updateSome modifications:
Changed the reference links for JavaScript and XHTML references from devguru to w3schools, because devguru links changed also they have modified their references and I don't like the new format.Updated the "doc info - links list" function , now bigger and better.Updated the WAVE function to point to the new version of the WAVE 3.5Updated the "structure/doc info - frames" steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1124413728720672542005-08-18T18:01:00.000-07:002005-08-18T18:08:48.726-07:00Colour Contrast Analyser - for LinuxThe Colour contrast checker is a tool developed by Franck that has similar functionality and interface to the Colour Contrast Analyser for Windows, but runs on Linux!steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1124236591795418722005-08-16T16:49:00.000-07:002005-08-16T16:56:31.803-07:00WAT 1.1 minor updateAdded WAT.ca resource library to references menuAdded Gif flicker rate test function to Images menu. an online service developed by Renzo Giust, translated into English by Roberto Castaldosteve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1123808924214117222005-08-11T18:06:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:10:49.423-08:00Colour contrast analyser version 1.0 - traditional and simplified Chinese versions now available!Many thanks to "Jedi"The AIS colour contrast analyser is now available in traditional and
simplified Chinese language versions:
Download and documentation
He has also been working on Chinese language versions of the web
accessibility toolbar, these will be available soon...steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1122353857058271512005-07-25T21:55:00.000-07:002005-07-25T21:57:37.056-07:00Polish Version of the Colour Contrast Analyser 1.0Thanks to Piotr "Mikolaj" Mikolajski there is now a Polish Version of the
Colour Contrast analyser available:
wersja polska: http://www.mikolajski.net/cca/steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1118271996992357472005-06-08T15:57:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:07:37.186-08:00Toolbar Not Updating - manual updateIf you are behind a firewall or for some reason other reason that stops the auto updating of the toolbar XML file, you can download the latest Accessibility_Toolbar.xml [English version] file (suggest you right click and do a 'save target as'). Once downloaded replace the xml file that is currently in your "program files / accessibility toolbar" folder. Hey presto the toolbar is updated!steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1118232883949300882005-06-08T05:06:00.000-07:002005-06-08T05:14:43.950-07:00drempelvrij.nl toolbar releasedI have been working with the good people from Stichting Bartiméus Accessibility on the drempelvrij.nl toolbar. Currently it is available in Dutch. It uses the WAT architecture and some functions and follows a stepped approach to testing based on extensive online documentation. An interesting addition to the available testing tools, I look forward to the English language version.steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1118232373745107852005-06-08T05:04:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:14:39.350-08:00Juicy Studio Tools coming backGez has been progressively getting his tools back online (thanks Gez!), I will update the toolbar to reflect this in the next 24 hours.steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1115170036611656112005-05-03T18:26:00.000-07:002006-01-21T09:37:32.640-08:00Internet Exporer shows pages without CSS stylesThe Toolbar "IEoptions > Toggle CSS" function disables CSS in Internet Explorer until the function is reactivated. Some people may inadvertently activate this function or forget to reactivate CSS before closing IE. This will have the effect that IE will render all web pages without CSS, and it will also modify the display of other windows dialogs (exampe: add/remove programs) that use CSS for steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1115169571212314662005-05-03T18:12:00.000-07:002006-01-27T11:26:01.926-08:00Juicy Studio online tools are temporarily offlineGez emailed me to warn me that the juicy studio tools available via the toolbar are temporarily out of service due to web hosting hassles he is having. Details of his difficulties can be found at Juicy Studio. So the following toolbar functions will not functions for the time being:
Complex Table Inspector Link AnalyserImage AnalyserReadability Test Colour Contrast Analyser CSS Accessibility steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1115090391193005362005-05-02T20:13:00.000-07:002005-05-02T20:19:51.193-07:00Farbkontrast-Analyzer 1.0My friend Walter from Web For All has done a German translation of the Colour Contrast Analyser. Many thanks Walter...steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1115089619572784672005-05-02T19:57:00.000-07:002006-01-21T10:01:44.470-08:00Bobby is dead and a new function addedThe online bobby accessibility testing service (as we know it is dead) whatsoever has now removed it, but accessibility can still be checked using the webxact online service that also includes quite a bit of other information.
The toolbar has been modified the 'Tools > Bobby' function is gone and the Webxact function has been modified to include:
Check current page WCAG AAA [new window] Check steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1112153955094652052005-03-29T19:30:00.000-08:002005-03-29T19:43:15.383-08:00Colour Contrast Analyser - French, Spanish and Finnish versionsThe Colour Contrast analyser is now available in the following languages (as well as english):
Version espanola: informacion y descarga
Suomenkielinen versio: Lataus- ja asennusohjeet
version francaise: Informations et telechargement
Versione italiana: Informazioni ed download
Japanese version information and downloadBig thanks to Juan Fuertes, Juha-Markku Liikala , Sylvie Duchateau , Roberto steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749665.post-1111532719593908322005-03-22T14:52:00.000-08:002006-01-21T09:47:58.650-08:00Toolbar Installation issue with XP SP2A few users have emailed me, saying that when they have installed the toolbar they have been unable to activate it from the Internet Explorer 'View > Toolbars' menu. They reported that the accessibility toolbar menu item is there but it is "greyed out". I have tracked down the problem. To solve this issue:
In Internet Explorer, go to the 'tools > internet options > programs > manage add-ons' steve faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939696919513977493noreply@blogger.com