‘Accessibility’ archive
Adapting to accessibility
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Posted in Accessibility, Boagworld Bites on the 25-03-2010 | 2 Comments
Is it time for us to take a fresh look at the subject of accessibility? Phil Powell offers some thoughtful insights into how we might make the web a more accessible place – not just for those who are disabled, but for everybody.
Ecommerce solutions fail their customers
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Posted in Accessibility on the 26-02-2010 | 78 Comments
We have recently discovered that the majority of ecommerce software solutions exclude users who have Javascript disabled. That is like turning away 1 in 20 customers.
Introduction to Accessibility
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Posted in Accessibility on the 28-02-2008 | 10 Comments
For a while now I have been giving a presentation to various organisations about getting started in web accessibility. I have just recorded it for the new headscape website (which we might actually launch one day). Until that arrives I thought I would share it here.
Advice for CMS users
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Posted in Accessibility, Site content on the 23-05-2007 | 12 Comments
I have been putting together a document for work that provides some basic advice for people who work with content management systems. It covers things like accessibility and writing for the web so I thought there might be some value with sharing it with you all.
The problem with IE7 zoom
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Posted in Accessibility on the 01-11-2006 | 33 Comments
The one feature of IE7 that seems to have received almost universal praise is the ability to zoom a page. However, although I generally like this feature it does have one frustrating problem.
atMedia: WCAG 2.0
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Posted in Accessibility on the 15-06-2006 | 3 Comments
Although there has been a lot of criticism of the WCAG 2.0 guidelines and I am still as confused about what they actually say, at least I can now see some hope for the future of accessibility.
Accessibility, a grumpy old man
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Posted in Accessibility on the 06-06-2006 | 28 Comments
I don’t know if it is just me but the issue of web accessibility is really hacking me off at the moment. From WCAG 2.0 to AJAX and speech browsers, the subject of accessibility seems to be all doom and gloom. It’s beginning to feel like an old man constantly grumbling about the new trendy young kids on the block.
Body blow to web accessibility guidelines
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Posted in Accessibility on the 23-05-2006 | 7 Comments
Joe Clark is an outspoken and passionate accessibility expert who has been involved in the creation of the next generation of accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.0). You may therefore be surprised to learn that he has slammed the new guidelines in the strongest terms possible.
Target, accessibility and opinions
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Posted in Accessibility on the 13-02-2006 | 5 Comments
So, Target is being sued by the American National Federation for the Blind because of their inaccessible website. Apparently every web designer and his dog have an opinion on the subject and I have received a number of emails asking for mine.
Accessibility advice for businesses
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Posted in Accessibility on the 26-01-2006 | 5 Comments
The British Standards Institute and Disability Rights Commission are soon to release the first formal guide for businesses on website accessibility.
A tough decision on accessibility & standards
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Posted in Accessibility on the 24-11-2005 | 9 Comments
I made a tough decision yesterday by taking the current Headscape website offline and replacing it with a holding page. Obviously, a web design company without its own website is bad news. However, I believe that leaving the site up would have been even more detrimental.
Disney’s UK online store sucks
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Posted in Accessibility on the 03-11-2005 | 4 Comments
Today, I am ashamed to be British, no wait, that’s not right. Today, I am ashamed of an American multi national treating us Brits like second-class citizens. Yeah, that sounds better. Disney has launched their new UK store and has made an embarrassing hash of it.
Making content accessible
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Posted in Accessibility on the 03-10-2005 | 1 Comment
Isn’t it funny how so many people who claim to be committed to website accessibility (myself included) tend to ignore the more subjective criteria of the WAI guidelines?
The role of automated accessibility testing
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Posted in Accessibility on the 21-09-2005 | 4 Comments
Many tools on the market automate the process of checking for website accessibility. However, there are some serious question marks over the value of such tools.
Accessibility and the new headscape site
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Posted in Accessibility on the 03-08-2005 | No Comments
As you have probably gathered by now I am in the process of redesigning the new Headscape website. As part of it a lot of thought has been given to our approach to accessibility. This is what we have come up with.
