Blue Hat for a Blue Day
Smiffy's Twitter avatar gains a blue hat - nothing to do with Nick Heyward, everything to do with web standards and social inclusion.
Audience:
Global.
About Category "Accessibility"
This category is associated with items about Web accessibility, physical accessibility and Equal Access in general.
Accessible Twitter, Accessible Tweets
The Twitter web application leaves much to be desired from a usability/accessibility standpoint. However, the API allows others to provide alternative interfaces, such as Accessible Twitter. But just how accessible is the actual information conveyed in Twitter messages (tweets?)
Audience:
Twitter users, those interested in communications and the accessibility of the Social Web.
Published:
Friday, 3rd April 2009;last updated on Saturday, 15th August 2009
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - May 2009
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert,Russ Weakley being run in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane.
Audience:
Web content creators, managers, etcetera.
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Monday, 23rd February 2009Web Accessibility Techniques workshop in Adelaide on 20 November 2008
Vision Australia is running their popular Web Accessibility Techniques workshop in Adelaide on 20 November 2008.
Audience:
web-development team leaders; corporate communications professionals; content authors; web programmers; web application developers; web designer; web contract managers
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Wednesday, 29th October 2008Paralympics New Zealand - One for the Rogues' Gallery
If any organisation should be aware of accessibility issues, a national Paralympics organisation should be. At the time of writing, the web site of Paralympics NZ is a disgrace.
Audience:
The accessibility community, disability groups, those interested in inclusion in sport.
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Thursday, 5th June 2008Dilbert Goes Inaccessible
A new version of dilbert.com is launched - it is not good, accessibility/usability having become worse and thus judged worthy of a mention in my Accessibility Rogues' Gallery.
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Sunday, 20th April 2008Am I Too Slow?
This article tells how the accessibility and usability of web content may be impacted by speed issue from various causes. The article goes on to explain how speed may be measured or estimated and how the various causes may be addressed. Presented as content for the February Newsletter of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS).
Audience:
Web content creators, web application developers, hosting providers, web site owners.
Published:
Friday, 8th February 2008;last updated on Friday, 15th February 2008
Reading Difficulties - Not Getting the Points
Smiffy ponders why some books are harder to read than others, makes some comparisons and is surprised at the results.
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Wednesday, 9th January 2008Beyond ALT Text - The Nielsen Norman report for free
Nielsen Norman Group releases its report 'Beyond ALT Text' for free.
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Saturday, 22nd December 2007Metadata, Meta Tags, Meta What?
Article for the GAWDS newsletter clarifying the differences between metadata and meta tags and what the two are actually for.
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Tuesday, 14th August 2007;last updated on Monday, 10th September 2007
