#accessibility (449 links)
The errata, you will recall, are one group’s opinion of the deficiencies in WCAG 1.0. Your opinion does not have to coincide with ours, but I’d wager there won’t be many areas of disagreement.
- SEO and Accessibility » SlideShare slideshare.net
Developer-focussed, gets to the point.
- Font-based layouts becoming fashionable? « AlastairC alastairc.ac
"Font-based layouts will cause issues for people with visual impairments. [...] In usability testing I’ve seen people get really frustrated with horizontal scrolling. Or when they don’t notice the scrolling, frustrated with trying to do things that sh
In contrast to their apparent universal appeal, [social networking sites] are effectively ‘locking out’ disabled visitors, the majority of whom can’t even register, let alone participate in the on-line communities they wish to join.
Web sites can more efficiently meet both goals when developers understand the significant overlap between making a Web site accessible for a mobile device and for people with disabilities.
The relaunch of JKRowling.com saw LightMaker push the boundaries of accessible Flash. This case study provides an overview of key issues tacked to make the site as accessible as possible.
My personal experience registering for 87 accounts with the top online retailers and offer some tips for registration form design.
- Diabetic retinopathy tiresias.org
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in people of working age in the UK
- Wait till I come! » Blog Archive » Generating charts from accessible data tables and vice versa using the Google Charts API wait-till-i.com
A small script that converts data tables to charts using the API and a wee bit of JavaScript. Using this script you can take a simple, valid and accessible data table [...] and it gets automatically converted to a pie chart.
- 10 common errors when implementing accessibility webcredible.co.uk
"Web developers attempting to build accessible websites often make the same mistakes time and time again." Good summary.
75 Best Practices for Design of Websites and Intranets, Based on Usability Studies with People Who Use Assistive Technology
- 24 ways: CSS for Accessibility 24ways.org
A few new tips in here.
- Stanford Online Accessibility Program - Stanford University soap.stanford.edu
- Creating Accessible Forms | Stanford Online Accessibility Program soap.stanford.edu
There are a number of factors that contribute to the accessibility and usability of forms, including layout, labeling and grouping.
- Voiceover 2 - a WebDev’s guide « AlastairC alastairc.ac
VoiceOver, the screen reader for Apple’s OS X, has undergone a major update. This article looks at the new functions, and what that means for people browsing websites.
- Does Accessibility Cost More? - Accessites.org accessites.org
But why not charge more? Accessible, standards-complaint sites are quality sites, and quality sites, like quality cars, quality watches, and quality everything else, tend to be more expensive.
Some good points, some contentious.
Not replicating browser functionality and making accessibility help videos.
A presentation that covers the benefits of WCAG 2.0, shortcuts for using WCAG 2.0, how it differs from WCAG 1.0, and other topics listed in the outline
- E-Access Blog » Blog Archive » Accessibility Ultimatum Proposed for UK Government Websites. headstar.com
Government websites may be stripped of their ‘gov.uk’ domain names if they fail to meet tough new standards of accessibility to web users with disabilities, according to confidential draft proposals
"We should make an effort to create accessible content, because it’s part of our job. And frankly, it doesn’t take much effort; it’s not difficult." First sentence yay! Second sentence wrong. It's hard doing it properly.
title attribute: just say no, ta.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in California certified a class action lawsuit against Target Corp brought by plaintiffs claiming the discount retailer's Web site is inaccessible to the blind, according to court documents.
- NoSquint: Firefox Extension urandom.ca
"NoSquint is a Firefox extension that allows you to adjust the default text zoom level, which is very useful if you have a small display or run at a very high resolution. NoSquint also remembers the zoom level per site (though you can disable that).
- Helping your client maintain markup quality | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
"Make any errors or suspicious markup obvious to the person working on the document." Been doing this for a while - had lost the original source.
- Google Maps maps.google.com
Basic Google maps via little-known querystring.
Instead of cluttering client sites with this kind of widget I’ve started adding a set of pages with information that helps the user resize text in their browser.
- BBC NEWS | Technology | Virtual worlds open up to blind news.bbc.co.uk
Online virtual worlds could soon be accessible to blind people thanks to research by students at IBM in Ireland.
- 10 colour contrast checking tools to improve the accessibility of your design | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
Plus some useful general information on contrast issues.
- AssistiveWare - Videos on computer accessibility assistiveware.com
Marie-France has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) [...] Marie-France uses SwitchXS to access her computer, KeyStrokes for word prediction and Proloquo for communication.
- Javascript Tooltips on Steroids - Javascript Tutorials - 15 Days Of jQuery 15daysofjquery.com
- Web Access Centre Blog :: User Focused rnib.org.uk
"…what if the reason that web accessibility (and accessibility in general) hasn’t got as far as it should have by now, is that the majority of designers/managers/people in charge of making stuff have no, or not enough knowledge of what life is like fo
- Colour Contrast Visualiser | stainlessvision stainlessvision.com
This tool allows you to visualise good colour combinations on a Photoshop style colour picker. It's primary use is finding acceptable colours from an existing inaccessible combination - while maintaining the aesthetic appeal of the original.
- Juicy Studio: Updated Luminosity Colour Contrast Analysers juicystudio.com
The Juicy Studio Luminosity Contrast Ratio Analyser and the example luminosity contrast ratios have been updated to match the latest version of the draft Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
- Resource Center - Contrast Analyser 2.0 paciellogroup.com
- Niqui Merret: Flash and Accessibility niquimerret.com
a short list of issues and bugs that I have come across when working towards accessible Flash sites. These are all focused on the Flash Player in the Browser.
- Responsibility for accessible content » AlastairC alastairc.ac
A simple rule for good web sites: content is golden. In an accessibility context, structured content is golden. It a core responsibility of the site owner to ensure this is followed (not just the developer).
Now that I have an Intel-based Mac with Parallels and Boot Camp for running Windows, I have found the perfect screen reader testing system.
- YUI Theater — Karo Caran and Victor Tsaran: “Introduction to Screen Magnifiers” » Yahoo! User Interface Blog yuiblog.com
Karo Caran takes us on a 16 minute overview of screen magnification software (in this case ZoomText) and how it is used by partially-sighted users to interact with the Web.
- Digital Web Magazine - Captions for Video with Flash CS3 digital-web.com
A blind or a keyboard user not being able to learn about the new sports range of a certain brand is less problematic than the same user not being able to do a money transfer or apply for council benefits.
"This, almost more than any other item in the web author’s toolbox, seems to be misunderstood and overused." Hear, hear!
- Vitamin Features » Make your site mobile friendly thinkvitamin.com
How do your web pages fare in today’s mobile browsers?
- Note on Non-HTML formats » AlastairC alastairc.ac
For [non-html] formats, you have to layer accessibility on top, it’s extra.