I would like to think of David Berlind, the executive editor of ZDNet, as an advocate for web accessibility. He skims the edges of advocating accessibility; giving mouth service to the principles of accessibility and giving some indications that he considers web accessibility of some importance. But, fundamentally, he doesn’t get it and he doesn’t support it. I referenced an article of his in May, on the subject of the lawsuit against Target Corporation. I only mentioned the article briefly, […]
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Principles of Accessible Navigation Design
Accessible web design is a big subject – so I’m trying to break it down into a group of the constituent parts of a website. I’ve gotten started with an article discussing the infamous task of constructing your main navigation structures, thanks to a stimulating question from Elizabeth Able through Cre8asite Forums. I intend to continue forward and try and tackle some of the other big quandaries of web design, as well – next up will be accessible content, although […]
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I read an article today by Roger Johansson where he mentioned an interesting situation surrounding the use of high resolution screens. The impact of these newer screens is not something widely considered; but it’s certainly important! Newer laptop screens are beginning to come available using higher than usual resolution – that is, they have more pixels crammed into a particular area of screen than the normal 72 or 96 DPI. This can have an unfortunate effect for websites, because all […]
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One chronic problem in writing web development articles is keeping your writing readable. The world of web design, programming, and web accessibility is loaded with industry terminology which are undoubtedly not immediately obvious in meaning to someone who’s just begun researching the subject. However, neither the option of excluding all industry terminology from an article nor the option of including a definition inline for every term is really palatable for me. With the first option, the article becomes simplified to […]
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There’s no doubt that the eventual release of Microsoft’s new Vista operating system is a big thing for the world of computing. Windows holds the vast majority share of office and home computing, and the release of their first new system in over 5 years will be very significant. Matt Bailey recently pointed out Microsoft’s claims that Vista would be the most accessible Windows ever. His description of their new features sounds promising – one of the key improvements will […]
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