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Petition Asks Yahoo to Fix Their CAPTCHA

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The Blind Access Journal has a good blog post Petition Asks Yahoo to Tear Down "No Blind People Allowed" Sign.

Read that, or just go straight to the Yahoo's Accessibility Improvement petition and sign it to support web accessibility! I'm #710.

You can also learn more about accessible CAPTCHA on the Web Axe podcast from a few months back.

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Podcast #53: Interview with Andrew Kirkpatrick

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Dennis and Ross speak to the renowned Andrew Kirkpatrick, a leader in accessibility and product development for Adobe.

Download Web Axe Episode 53 (Interview with Andrew Kirkpatrick)

Andrew Kirkpatrick is An Event Apart speaker, technical editor for A List Apart, and he's co-authored a few books. Topics in the conversation include:

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Video--Introduction to Screen Magnifiers

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.

Karo Caran and Victor Tsaran: "Introduction to Screen Magnifiers"

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Podcast #52: REL Attribute

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.

Download Web Axe Episode 52 (REL Attribute)

Uses of the REL attribute:

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News & Announcements:

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Tips for eCommerce 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.

Here's a thoughtful response from Accessibility expert Joe Dolson in his post Accessible e-Commerce Tips.

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Podcast #51: Option Groups (OptGroup)

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.

Download Web Axe Episode 51 (Option Groups [OptGroup])

WCAG 1.0 says: Guideline 2.3 Divide large blocks of information into more manageable groups where natural and appropriate. [Priority 2]

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Sample Code:

<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>


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Improving accessibility for motor impaired users

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Improving accessibility for motor impaired users is a great article from WebCredible.com.

Topics include:

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