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Creating Accessible Online Forms with Expression Web 2

I’ve had another article published in the Microsoft Expression Newsletter - Creating Accessible Online Forms with Expression Web 2 . This article focuses on what makes an online form not accessible and how to create accessible forms. More at: Creating Accessible Online Forms with Expression Web...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Fri, May 22 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Microsoft, Web Standards, Expression Web
Designing Web Sites for Accessibility with Expression Web 2

I’ve just had an article published in the latest issue of the Microsoft Expression Newsletter - Designing Web Sites for Accessibility with Expression Web 2 . The article covers the reasons why you should make your web site accessible to people with disabilities, and how to use the tools in Expression...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Fri, Mar 20 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Microsoft, Web Standards, Expression Web
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Ready for Download

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Accessibility: Firefox 1.5 delivers easier navigation for everyone, including those who are visually or motor-impaired. Firefox is now the first browser to support DHTML, which enables Web content to be read aloud - even new kinds of graphics-rich content. Users may navigate...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Wed, Nov 30 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Security, Web Standards
Feel Free: Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee

Oslo, Norway - September 20, 2005 Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download - completely free of charge – at http://www.opera.com . "Today we invite the entire...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Tue, Sep 20 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
IBM contributes open source code to make Firefox browser more accessible

August 15, 2005, Armonk, NY . . . IBM today announced that it is contributing software to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser to make it easier for more users -- including those with visual and motor impairments -- to access and navigate the Web. In addition to contributing code that will make...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Sat, Aug 20 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
Don't say "click here"; not everyone will be clicking

From the W3C QA - Quality Tips for Webmasters : Don't use "click here" as link text - the term “click here” provides no information about where the link will take you and not everyone uses a mouse to get there.

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Sun, Aug 14 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, FrontPage, Web Standards
[Australia] Government warned on Web site discrimination

Computerworld: The man who sued SOCOG over Web site accessibility has warned that rising complaints against government Web sites' use of PDF documents are being made under commonwealth law . Bruce Maguire, the disabled rights advocate who sued the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games for...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Tue, Oct 5 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
I'm taking a poll on Web Site Accessibility

Which do you think is more inclusive - WCAG Priority 1 Guidelines or Section 508 ? If you had to make the choice which to follow, unfettered by state, federal or or other organizational considerations, which would you choose, and why?

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Tue, Aug 31 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
'Not Found' Is Not An Option: Error Handling and User Experience

Found this over at sitepoint: 'Not Found' Is Not An Option: Error Handling and User Experience . There is no greater disappointment than failing to find what you're looking for. From time to time, surfing the Web will lead us to dead ends that typically sport the titles "Error 404", "Not Found", or ...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Sat, Jul 24 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
The Disappearing Home Link

Found this over at whitespace : “One of the problems that we designers have is that we assume that users understand that web like we do. However, I have found myself many times looking for the “home” link only to remind myself a couple seconds later that I should try to click on the...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Tue, Jul 13 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
Does Microsoft Care About Web Standards?

Kirk Biglione give some examples and he makes some valid points, such as why Microsoft doesn't use valid HTML including DOCTYPEs on their site (I've often wondered the same thing myself). But seriously, calling a font tag an “atrocity“? A little over the top, don't you think?

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Mon, May 3 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Microsoft, FrontPage, Web Standards
New Zealand implementing Web Site Guidelines

The Government has set a January 1, 2006 deadline for websites to meet the New Zealand Government Web Guidelines version 2.1 , though it has not assessed how much this may cost. A cabinet paper written by State Services Minister Trevor Mallard says that people who have disabilities, live in the wrong...

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Sun, Apr 11 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards
Power to the People: Relative Font Sizes

Relative font sizes may make websites more accessible — but they’re not much help unless the person using the site can find a way to actually change text size. Return control to your audience using this simple, drop-in solution .

Posted to spiderwebwoman by Kathleen Anderson on Sun, Apr 11 2004
Filed under: Filed under: Accessibility, Web Standards

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