60 hot to touch Accessible Web Design tips
Jim Byrne has a new book out detailing web design tips with an accessibility bent. You can download it or order it in print from Lulu. [...]
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- 24th Aug 2006
Colour contrast and other accessibility issues
Wow, it's been a pretty full-on week for hot web accessibility discussion with four considerable posts worth reading:Roger Johansson considered the im [...]
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- 24th Aug 2006
Appropriate Use of Alternative Text
Adding alternative text for images is the first principle of web accessibility. It is also one of the most difficult to properly implementExcellent qu [...]
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- 24th Aug 2006
See JAWS being used by a blind tester
On the afternoon of Monday 11 September Test Partners are running a demonstration of the JAWS screen reader with a blind tester to illustrate the issu [...]
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- 23rd Aug 2006
Thinking of submitting to Accessites.org?
Make sure you read this first. [...]
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- 11th Aug 2006
Help out your competitors
From and article called What users hate most about Web sitesToo many organizations unwittingly give their competitors a free kick by having Web sites [...]
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- 7th Aug 2006
Colorblind gaming
A color-blind gamer discusses how it affects his gaming life. Some comment on the article at Digg. [...]
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- 3rd Aug 2006
Tesco online monopoly
A report on the AbilityNet website suggests that Tesco is the only online supermarket (in the UK) that provides an accessible shopping experience. [...]
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- 2nd Aug 2006
Web Accessibility Checker
The ATRC Web Accessibility Checker is rather nice and importantly it's much faster than WebXact. [...]
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- 31st Jul 2006
ATRIEV
ATRIEV is a website completely designed by a blind person. [...]
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- 24th Jul 2006
Accessible Search Engine from Google
Like Net Guide, Google Accessible Search returns only accessible web sites. [...]
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- 21st Jul 2006
Net Guide
Net-guide is a search engine that provides an accessibility rating on sites are that are returned in the results. It's a great idea! Submit your own s [...]
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- 13th Jul 2006
Ten Questions for Gian Sampson Wild
Good interview which focusses on WCAG 2.0 and other accessibility related issues. [...]
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- 5th Jul 2006
Aural style sheets
Joshua Briley gives us an overview of aural style sheets. [...]
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- 2nd Jul 2006
WCAG Samurai again
Joe says:WCAG 1 had a lot of problems but was functional in many respects. Standardistas have made up for its deficiencies through a range of know-how [...]
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- 29th Jun 2006
Design by Fire
A new design for Design by Fire and totally inaccessible it is too! WTF is going on with all the Javascript links? Jeez! [...]
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- 28th Jun 2006
Advanced Accessibility Techniques
Trenton Moss shares a few accessibility tips in an article at Out-Law.com [...]
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- 26th May 2006
Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers
And as Gez saysThe bad news is that it isn't possible to make Ajax work in every known assistive technology [...]
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- 25th May 2006
Odeon re-designed
Pretty decent effort from Odeon in providing an accessible website. And they even offer a Flash-alternative to booking your tickets. News story. [...]
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- 25th May 2006
WCAG Samurai
The WCAG Samurai is a group of developers, led by Joe Clark, that will publish corrections for, and extensions to, existing standards for Web accessib [...]
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- 24th May 2006