Web Axe: web accessibility podcast and blog
Podcast and blog on practical web design accessibility tips.
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Current Posts
About Impairments and Assistive Technology
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Dennis explains some types of disabilites and different kinds of tools used to help access the web.Download Web Axe Episode 25 (About Impairments and Assistive Technology)
[Transcript for Episode 25]
Disability Types:
Alternative Devices:
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web (W3C)
- How do disabled people use computers? (Joe Clark)
- Adaptive Technology Resource Center (Univ of Toronto)
- Assistive Technology
Labels: accessibility, audio, cognitive, impairment, motor, podcast, visual
Refresh06 Conference
I'm trying to make it to the Refresh06 Conference in Orlando, Florida this fall. Looks like a good one. Topics include web standards and web accessibility. Speakers include Andy Budd, Cameron Moll, and Paul Boag. November 16th - 18th, 2006; $349 per person.Refresh Web Standards Conference
Accessibility Toolbar for Opera
Monday, August 14, 2006
Presenting, for Opera users, the Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera. The teams from Web Accessibility Tools Consortium, Vision Australia and The Paciello Group have developed for the Opera browser the useful toolbar that they built for Windows IE.Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera
Tab Index - why and why not
Thursday, August 03, 2006
WCAG Guidelines 9.4 (Priority 3) says to create a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects. The "tabindex" attribute is great because it does exactly that -- it specifies the position of the current element in the tabbing order for the current document. But are they needed?Download Web Axe Episode 24 (Tab Index -- Why)
[Transcript]
The basic code
:
<INPUT tabindex="1" type="text" name="field1">
<INPUT tabindex="2" type="text" name="field2">
<INPUT tabindex="3" type="submit" name="submit">Links:
- WCAG Guidelines 9.4 (Priority 3)
- WCAG Techniques for logical tab order
- WCAG definition of "tabindex"
- WebAIM - Drawbacks to "tabindex"
Labels: accessibility, attribute, podcast, tab, web
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Previous Posts
- Podcast #76: Web Accessibility Disasters
- Roundup: Accessibility Links on Twitter
- Accessible YouTube Sites
- Free Browsers for Visual Impairment
- Colorblind, Law, and Lightboxes
- Podcast #75: Jeremy Keith Interview, Google Wave
- ATIA Chicago 2009
- Accessibility Round-Up from Twitter
- Podcast #74: Awards, Events & Back to Basics
- Accessible Twitter Wins Award, Slidedeck
Related Sites
- Web Overhauls - tune-up your web site!
- Accessible Twitter - superior alternative to Twitter.com.
- 3.7crea.tv - web design and marketing blog.
- Refresh Detroit - regional group for web professionals.
- Detroit Podcasters Network.
- Website Design - seo friendly web design company.
About the Hosts
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