August 2004 - Posts
Consider this article your one-stop shop for all things IAccessible. Below is a summary of the most important topics under my accessibility category. http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/articles/223650.aspx
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Getting Started If I’m going to start a blog category on software testing, it seems that I should begin with a simple, “What is Testing?” entry to make sure we’re all on the same page. There have been countless blog entries, books, etc, written on this
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Here’s a collective summary of what the different MSAA Properties really mean. Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msaa/msaaccgd_95kk.asp IAccessible::get_accName Every object must have a name. AccExplorer cannot show “NAMELESS” for this
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I’m calling these keyboard shortcuts “hidden” because they are not bound to any commands, so you won’t be able to find these under Tools – Options – Keyboard. Keyboard Shortcut To Reach the Command Bar Toolbars To reach the standard toolbar that 99% of
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In the past, I’ve focused on testing MSAA Properties. Now we’re ready to take screen reading testing to the next level by adding Events into the algorithm. It is not only essential that a control support the correct MSAA properties, but it is also essential
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From time to time, I get questions of “Which properties do I need to support for my control?” or “What values do I put for these properties.” I wrote the MsaaVerify Testing Tool to do this level of testing for you, but from a dev’s perspective, they need
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Wow, the memories. Gretchen and Zoe were recently interviewed by Scoble on Channel 9 about interviewing at Microsof t. Whenever I visit Gretchen in Building 19 and I walk through that lobby, I’m overwhelmed by remembering just how nervous I was waiting
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Wow, is it already the middle of August? Time really flies when you’re having fun or just working really hard. We’ve just completed our Accessibility and UI Consistency test passes, which I hope explains my absence from the blogsphere. Here are some previews
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