On occasion, I’ve needed to add various pieces of software to sites I’ve designed or modified. Particularly with database-driven projects I’ve found myself needing to heavily modify scripts I’ve found or simply write my own in order to massage the produced markup into some vestiges of accessibility. Although I make no claims of perfection, I’ve recently posted three new articles in the articles section of this site: Basic Boolean Search Engine in MYSQL and PHP (Hypertext PreProcessing) More About Boolean […]
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"Inline" links for usability
Inline linking is the practice of incorporating hyperlinks into text passages within the main body of your website. Generally, this is a technique for providing contextual explanations or additional information as an immediately accessible resource for site visitors. I recently read two articles concerning this subject – the first, at Wolf-Howl questions the practice of inline linking as being bad for usability. The second, by Bill Slawski, discusses Graywolf’s ideas. Both articles make a number of valid points – but […]
Continue reading “"Inline" links for usability” »Joe Clark on WCAG 2.0
To Hell with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.0 is the response from the author of Building Accessible Websites to the latest production of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)‘s Web Accessibility Initiative. Clearly, Joe Clark is not happy. And he’s not the first person to express dissatisfaction with the process and results of WCAG 2.0, either. John Foliot of Web Accessibility Technical Services has frequently expressed displeasure with their new yet fundamentally unchanged interpretation of the accesskey functionality. In […]
Continue reading “Joe Clark on WCAG 2.0” »An update on the Target accessibility lawsuit
See also the more recent update on the lawsuit. One of the original reasons I started this blog was to track information about the ongoing accessibility lawsuit against Target Corporation. Recently, ComputerWorld published an extensive article discussing the lawsuit and surrounding issues. The article contains a number of interesting points, including a great quote on Ajax and Accessibility from Jeff Bishop, a blind application systems analyst at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "It’s very, very, very scary. Before, so […]
Continue reading “An update on the Target accessibility lawsuit” »Conversation with SiteMorse at AccessifyForum
SiteMorse, for those of you who may not know, is a high-profile accessibility testing company based in the United Kingdom. They are well-known for the practice of releasing their "Rankings League Tables," which list the tested accessibility of government, banking, and other websites each month. Their particularly product is entirely automated – and has, therefore, been attacked quite heavily in the world of accessibility auditors and consultants. At the moment, there is a very interesting conversation going on at Accessify […]
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