{"id":1382,"date":"2019-03-22T08:44:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T08:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.bristol.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=1382"},"modified":"2019-06-29T14:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T14:01:54","slug":"so-what-have-the-new-html5-elements-ever-done-for-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/session\/so-what-have-the-new-html5-elements-ever-done-for-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"So what have the new HTML5 elements ever done for accessibility?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2019.bristol.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/graham-armfield\/\">Graham Armfield<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday 10:00am Room 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.bristol.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/03\/splot_neon_p1@2x-8-150x150.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is splot_neon_p1@2x-8-150x150.png\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten years ago the HTML5 proposition saw the light for the first time. HTML5 introduced new and extended APIs to support more interactive pages, and a whole stack of new semantic elements to delight us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So after a lifetime (in web terms), how extensively are these elements being supported by browsers, used by developers, and how have they impacted upon the accessibility of websites that use them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll look at some successes, some elements where more browser or assistive technology finesse is required, and a frustrating selection where we are still a long way from being &#8216;match ready&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress-tv wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='525' height='295' src='https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/H3iAAOJ8?hd=1&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolfields?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@coolfields<\/a> giving his talk &#39;So what have the new HTML5 elements ever done for accessibility?&#39; <br><br>Here are his slides:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3XhWogxbG\">https:\/\/t.co\/E3XhWogxbG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bomiZ6UTQe\">pic.twitter.com\/bomiZ6UTQe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WordCamp Bristol (@wordcampbristol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wordcampbristol\/status\/1130063310580273152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Armfield Sunday 10:00am Room 1 Ten years ago the HTML5 proposition saw the light for the first time. HTML5 introduced new and extended APIs to support more interactive pages, and a whole stack of new semantic elements to delight us. So after a lifetime (in web terms), how extensively are these elements being supported &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/session\/so-what-have-the-new-html5-elements-ever-done-for-accessibility\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;So what have the new HTML5 elements ever done for accessibility?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6029509,"featured_media":1609,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1558260000,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[1328],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[13411],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-1382","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_track-track-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papmd9-mi","session_date_time":{"date":"May 19, 2019","time":"10:00 am"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"1328","slug":"graham-armfield","name":"Graham Armfield","link":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/speaker\/graham-armfield\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2738,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1382\/revisions\/2738"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1328"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/grahamarmfield"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bristol.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}