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Eye Gaze Patterns and Click Tracking

Two interesting topics related to usability: Eye Gaze Patterns and Click Tracking. [...]

Interview with Glenda Watson Hyatt

Suzanne Falter-Barns interviews Glenda Watson Hyatt. [...]

Interview with a deaf and blind web user about web access

Paul Crichton talks to Liz Ball about how she gets on accessing the web. A lot of deafblind people use the internet for shopping - it's much easier t [...]

What is Wrong with the Use of these Terms: "Deaf-mute","Deaf and dumb", or "Hearing-impaired"?

Deaf and hard of hearing people have the right to choose what they wish to be called, either as a group or on an individual basis. Overwhelmingly, dea [...]

Access 2.0 Blog

Wow, I feel like I've been missing something with this blog: Access 2.0 is a BBC-related Blog chock-full of quality content, and is authored by GAWDS [...]

The world's first accessible DVD

is going to be Doctor Who... and just in time for Christmas too! [...]

Designing for Dyslexics: Part 3 of 3

The third part of Mel Pedley's thorough articles on designing for dyslexics. [...]

Getting over web standards

Jeff Croft has set himself a list of things he'd like to do to get better at web design... including getting over web standards. [...]

Bad Usability Calendar

Check out how not to do your HTML calenders. [...]

WCAG 2.0 FAQs

WAI gathered a few frequently asked questions about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and provided answers in a WCAG 2 FAQ. [...]

Web 2.0: A step backwards for accessibility?

In 2004 the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) undertook a survey of over 1,000 UK websites and found just 19 percent managed to reach Level 'A' of WC [...]

OATSoft

OATSoft is dedicated to improving Assistive Technology and computer accessibility through the power of Open Source development techniques. OATSoft mak [...]

Blind Web surfers sue for accessibility

More accessibility news about online shops and blind people. [...]

A different twist on inaccessible Flash?

Check out the Flash portfolio site of Brad Harris. You can't use your mouse to navigate... it's keyboard only! Is this inaccessible? [...]

Read aloud applications

Tracy Godding runs through some Read aloud applications. [...]

Designing for Dyslexics

This is part one in a series of three articles about designing websites with dyslexics in mind. [...]

Naturally Speaking of course

I'm not typing this post, I'm saying it. I'm using the voice recognition software Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 from NuanceAs dictated by Chris Coyier of [...]

Internal Accesskeys

It's probably not a new concept nor is it rocket science but it's helluva useful and I haven't seen it anywhere else. And in the light of the recent f [...]

Accessibility In Trouble 2: Standards

Mike Davies reckons web accessibility is heading for trouble. [...]

The Great Accessibility Camp-Out

What does Accessibility mean? Read two viewpoints, one from Gez Lemon and the other from Mike Cherim over at Accessites.org, where their slightly diff [...]

WebbIE

WebbIE is a web browser for blind and visually-impaired people. [...]

Legal Precedent Set for Web Accessibility

A federal district court judge ruled yesterday that a retailer may be sued if its website is inaccessible to the blind... full story at Yahoo Finance [...]

Journal of Usability Studies

Journal of Usability Studies is a Usability Professional Association peer-reviewed, online journal dedicated to promoting and enhancing the practice, [...]

Assistive Technology Initiative

Under the collective banner of The Web Standards Project, the Assistive Technology Initiative are issuing an open offer to assistive technology vendor [...]

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