A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 343

Authors: L: Colin Lieberman

Colin Lieberman

Colin Lieberman is the System Administrator and Webmaster at Disability Rights Advocates, a non-profit civil rights law firm in his hometown of Berkeley, California. He has personal and professional interests in web standards and assistive technology.

The Accessibility Hat Trick: Getting Abbreviations Right

Issue 210January 17, 2006

The acronym element is missing in XHTML 2.0. Internet Explorer 6 ignores the abbr element. JAWS doesn't like dfn. AAA-level compliance requires you to find a solution. Make it work.