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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
The Blind Access Journal has a good blog post Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No Blind People Allowed" Sign.Labels: captcha, hearing, impairment, visual
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Dennis and Ross speak to the renowned Andrew Kirkpatrick, a leader in accessibility and product development for Adobe.Labels: accessibility, adobe, caption, expert, flash, podcast
Friday, July 27, 2007
Here's a video on Yahoo!'s YUI Blog that gives a good example of how screen magnifier tools are used. Karo Caran walks us through ZoomText 9.1.Labels: "assistive technology", screen, video
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Dennis and Ross discuss several announcements and news items, then go into detail on how, why and when the REL attribute is used and its use for web accessibility.Monday, July 16, 2007
E-shop accessibility: from theory to reality is an article from Juicy Studio discussing issues and proposed solutions for web accessible e-commerce web sites.Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Option lists with many items may cause problems for users with assistive technology, such as screen readers. The solution is to use the Optgroup element to split options in the Select list into manageable groups. This also better practice for usability.<select>
<option>No Country Affiliated</option>
<optgroup label="Europe">
<option>Germany</option>
<option>United Kingdom</option>
<optgroup label="North America">
<option>Canada</option>
<option>U.S.A.</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="South America">
<option>Brazil</option>
<option>Peru</option>
</optgroup>
</select>Labels: form, list, option, podcast
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Improving accessibility for motor impaired users is a great article from WebCredible.com.Labels: accessibility, article, motor
Dennis Lembree is the founder of web development company CheckEngine USA, which specializes in web usability, standards, and accessibility.
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.
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