Category: wcag2

Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust

Post author By Dennis
Post date June 16, 2009
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Joe Dolson recently completed an excellent four part series published on the Practical eCommerce web site. Another great read from Joe,highly recommended. The articles cover the following four fundamental principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2):

Is it perceivable?
Is it operable?
Is it understandable?
Is it robust?

Here are the articles:

PS:
Joe was a guest back in 2007 in Podcast: #41: The Definition of Web Accessibility

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IBM interviews Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0

Post author By Dennis
Post date April 14, 2009
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IBM interviews Judy Brewer in WCAG 2.0 and the future of Web accessibility: Q and A (Part 1).

In the article, Judy explains:

The primary differences between WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0.
some of the challenges your Working Group faced in developing the new standard.

The article is published under the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center, an excellent source of information for computer-related accessibility in general.

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WCAG 2.0 Checklist from WebAIM

Post author By Dennis
Post date January 28, 2009
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WebAIM has recently published a valuable WCAG 2.0 Checklist—objective recommendations, or techniques, under each Success Criteria item for each Guideline. Like WCAG 2, the Guidelines are organized under the four principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. WebAIM is asking for feedback on the list.

In WebAIM’s words, the checklist is described as:

a simple checklist that presents the principles and techniques of WCAG 2.0 in a more user-friendly, understandable format

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WCAG 2.0 Published as Final Recommendation!

Post author By Dennis
Post date December 12, 2008
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Yes, it’s now official! At last. WCAG 2.0 has been officially published as a final Web Standard “W3C Recommendation” on December 11, 2008. For more, read the W3C blog announcement A New Era for Web Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 is Finalized.

WCAG 2.0 and Accessibility Testers

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Post date July 31, 2006
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WCAG 2.0 – What You Can Do Right Now – great article on keeping pace with the new version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (2.0 is soon to release by the W3C)
The One-Click Accessibility Self-Test – neat inline accessibility checker tool
GrayBit – visually convert a web page into grayscale for the purpose of visually testing the page’s perceived contrast