This week we were joined by Derek Featherstone, an accessibility specialist and leader of [Simply Accessible][1], a consulting firm in Ottawa, Canada. The full show transcript [is available here][2]. We talk about (roughly in order):

News’n’Links’n’Drama

  • 8:15 ARIA tree roles, not so simple
  • 24:15 Nav in lists discussion again

Q & A

  • 30:00 Does display: table; have an effect on screen readers?
  • 43:35 Are Google and Facebook particularly bad accessibility offenders, or no?
  • 52:45 Is there a “minimum bar” of accessibility to achieve before launching?

Sponsors

  • 42:12 ConvergeSE – A web design and development conference in Columbia, South Carolina April 25-27. Chris will be there!
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