Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Full keyboard access isn’t enabled by default in Mac OS. Often this leaves developers thinking there is something wrong with the implementation of keyboard access for a site or application, when in fact it is just a matter of changing a few system and browser preferences.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
VoiceOver is a screen reading software built into the Mac OS and is available on every computer that runs this operating system. This means that any Mac user, accessibility tester or developer has access to the same screen reading functionality at no additional cost to them.
One of the difficulties that many VoiceOver beginners encounter when attempting to use this screen reader is learning many of its shortcut keys as well as understanding how to effectively navigate web pages or other parts of the Mac OS user interface.
In this tutorial you will learn about the less-known but very powerful feature of VoiceOver screen reader called “Quicknav Mode”. With “Quicknav Mode” you can perform a lot of navigation actions without ever touching other VoiceOver shortcut keys. “Quicknav Mode” is especially handy when navigating web pages with VoiceOver screen reader. With the introduction of the recently-released Mac OS 10.7 (aka Lion) “Quicknav Mode” gained significant functionality updates. Read on to learn all about it.
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
There are times you would like to disable the CSS on a web page. For instance, you may want to confirm the reading order of content. The following tips will help you disable CSS in various browsers.
