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Podcast and blog on practical web design accessibility tips.
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Current Posts
Frames and Accessibility
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
What there is to know about HTML Framesets and Accessibility, and the old question "should I use frames?" I say no!Download Web Axe Episode 13
Links:
- Creating Accessible Frames (WebAim)
- Frames and Search Engines
- Making Accessible Frames (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Frames: Good or Bad?
- Why You Shouldn't Use Frames
- Accessibility and frames (ScotConnect)
- Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time) (Jakob Nielson)
- W3C Frames Specifications
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Business Documents Library</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="20%, 80%" title="Business Documents Library">
<frame src="nav.html" title="Navigation" name="nav">
<frame src="doc.html" title="Documents" name="docs">
<noframes>
<h1>Library of Business Documents</h1>
<p><a href="noframesmenu.html">View a list of business documents</a></p>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>Labels: accessibility, frames, podcast, web
Where Are We?
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Check out the Web Accessibility Enthusiasts mapper on Frappr! Add yourself to the map and see where the accessibility gurus are located in the world. You can also add pictures, tags, etc.Text, text, text!
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Topics include proper use of HTML tags, such as headings, quotes, lists, and some lesser-known tags, such as <code> and <address>.Download Web Axe Episode 12
Links:
- Accessible Fonts (WebAim)
- Text/Typographical Layout (WebAim)
- Font size and properties (W3C)
- Paragraphs, lines, and phrases (W3C)
<h1>My Web Page</h1>not
<p><font size="5"><strong>My Web Page</strong></font></p><p>I <strong>really</strong> like tacos.</p>not
<p>I <b>really</b> like tacos.</p><p>As <cite>Harry S. Truman</cite> said, <q lang="en-us">The buck stops here.</q></p>Labels: accessibility, podcast, semantic, text, web, webaim
Unobtrusive Javacript (and the DOM)
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Ah, Javascript. The wonderful scripting language that creates lots of cool stuff on your web page. But how do you make it Accessible?Download Web Axe Episode 11
Links:
- W3C Checkpoint 6.3
- Directly Accessible Scripts (W3C)
- DOM Overview (W3C)
- WaSP Javascript Manefesto
- Creating Accessible JavaScript
- (WebAim)
This is an example of a javascript "listener" which opens a link in a new window (using a function) if the
rel in the a tag is "external".window.onload=function(){
setOnClick();
}
function setOnClick() {
if(!document.getElementsByTagName) {
return;
}
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=anchors.length; i !=0; i--) {
var a=anchors[i-1];
if (a.rel.indexOf("external") != -1) {
a.onclick = function(){newWin(this.href,'popup1',700,400);
return false;}
}
}
Labels: accessibility, code, dom, javascript, podcast, web
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- ATIA Chicago 2009
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About Dennis
Dennis Lembree is the founder of web development company Web Overhauls, which specializes in web usability, standards, and accessibility. Follow Dennis on Twitter: @dennisl
About Ross
Ross Johnson runs a web design company (3.7 Designs) that takes a wholistic view on the web and art of constructing pages. They strive to be creative and unique. Follow Ross on Twitter: @3pointross