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The new W3C website has a new and very good summary of the why, what, and how of Web accessibility.Read full postPosted in Accessibility, Web Standards.
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In my experience it can be hard to make people understand that colour blindness can actually cause real problems for real people on the web. Sometimes when I point out that the colour combinations used in a design can make it hard or even impossible for some people to use a website properly, the response I get is “Well it l (Read More)
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The Lightbox effect is showing up pretty much everywhere on the web these days. There are approximately one million different implementations that basically do the same thing: when the user clicks on an image, the screen is dimmed and a larger version of the image is displayed until the user closes it by clicking a ”Close” (Read More)
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Web Axe - Practical Web Design Accessibility Tips - Podcast and Blog:
Ross interviews web guru Jeremy Keith; Dennis and Ross discuss news, articles, and Google Wave.Download Web Axe Episode 75 (Jeremy Keith Interview, Google Wave) Chatter 15 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter via Nancy White Interviewing Martha Lane Fox about Digital Inclusion by Sandi Wassmer (@SandiWassmer) News and Links (Read More)
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A few months ago I emphasised the importance of not making things difficult for people who do not use a mouse by removing the outline from links and form controls.If leaving the outline property at its default is not an option for you, perhaps the technique Patrick Lauke describes in Better CSS outline suppression could wor (Read More)
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One of my pet peeves is websites that aren’t keyboard friendly. I’ve been on about it in posts like Don’t forget keyboard navigation and Do not remove the outline from links and form controls.Keyboard accessibility really does tend to be forgotten or ignored by many web developers, so it’s good to see it being discussed at (Read More)
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In their effort to find niche markets, the tourist destinations have finally realised that people with disabilities constitute an advanced market with advanced needs and lot of perspectives; a market that belongs among the most loyal groups of clients. Let's not forget that Europe is getting older and the obligations of the (Read More)
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Before Congress adjourned on June 26, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the "21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009" (H.R. 3101). This comprehensive measure would modernize disability accessibility mandates in the Communications Act, bringing existing requirements up to date as TV and phone services (Read More)
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DisabledGo is an award-winning disability organisation of 9 years standing based in the UK but increasingly operating in Europe. The organisation was founded by Dr. Gregory Burke, a wheelchair user since the age of 16, who wanted to find a practical way to encourage disabled people to access and contribute to their communit (Read More)
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But government's draft National Policy for Electronic Accessibility offers some hope. Last month, Deepak Kumar (name changed on request), a businessman who is visually-impaired, logged on to check out for some information on the newly-created Rajya Sabha website. Given the government's assurance this February that at leas (Read More)
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Gov't bill would make Internet more accessible for disabled via real-time texting, closed captioning
Oct 07, 2009
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This month, as Congress returns from break, health care reform is not the only imperative issue on their plate. A new bill will aim to make content on the Internet more friendly to those with disabilities. The "21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009" (H.R. 3101) plans to modernize disability standar (Read More)
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I've been communicating with an accessibility advocate who lives in Seattle. He's one of those rare people who pays attention to the issue because he cares about people with disabilities and how access to technology can make a big difference in the quality of their lives. Mike is a former corpsman (medic) in a VA hospital a (Read More)
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456 Berea Street:
When Apple announced the iPhone almost three years ago, I posted some thoughts about the lack of a real physical keypad and how that would make it difficult to make the iPhone accessible to people who are visually impaired.One of the ideas I had was to somehow give the user audio feedback. Well, Apple fortunately did a lot (Read More)
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Nielson Group offers research data as a gift for the New Year.
Jacob Nielson, whom I have long admired for his excellent research into web usability, is offering a fantastic PDF report for free on his website. I am not sure if this is a limited time offer, so go ... (Read More)
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Matt Bailey, founder of the AccessibilityBlog.com, will present an Accessibility and Usability training class in London. The four-hour class will take place on February 22nd from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Business Design Center, 52 Upper Street, Islington.The class will focus on the development of accessible,yet usable ... (Read More)
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