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30th November 2011 by Emily Coward | Web Accessibility

Websites are all about getting people to find and interact with content as quickly as possible. But how do you encourage people to engage with certain pieces of content above others? Some websites choose to do this by adding movement to the content.

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• Web Accessibility

28th November 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

Links are like sign posts. They should tell you what you’ll find when you follow them. Writing good link text isn’t difficult, but there are a few things to be aware of when you do.

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• Accessibility
• HTML
• link

21st November 2011 by Dan Stringer | Web Accessibility

Different browsers offer different levels of support for HTML5 audio and video. Where some browsers support one type of media file other browsers will fail to do so. While browser vendors continue to implement HTML5 features support should get better and better. However, the situation at the time of writing dictates that we cannot (and certainly should not) assume that a browser will play HTML5 media.

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• Accessibility
• HTML5
• video
• Web Accessibility

16th September 2011 by Simon Norris | Simon says, Web Accessibility

The digital world should be totally accessible to everyone. Whilst digital technology has improved we still need to embrace accessibility unequivocally so every single one of us can share, belong and collaborate. Web accessibility represents digital evolution and every single organisation should be aiming to deliver a barrier-free experience: this is the humanising technology way!

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• Accessibility
• humanising technology

23rd August 2011 by Dan Stringer | Web Accessibility

Since the mid 1990s web developers have had an ever increasing amount of control over the presentation of the web pages that they develop. This is largely due to the introduction of CSS (cascading style sheets) and its adoption amongst major browser vendors, both past and present. Although the adoption of the CSS specification has not been without issues it has made it possible for web developers to build visually imaginative and engaging web pages and user interfaces.

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• Accessibility
• CSS
• WCAG

29th July 2011 by Dan Stringer | Web Accessibility

In this post I will identify some of the common techniques that are used to hide content and will attempt to identify the implications of using these techniques. I will also attempt to identify appropriate situations in which each technique could practically be put to good use. All of the techniques that we have identified below have been tested with Jaws 12 and NVDA 2011.1 using Firefox 4, Firefox 5 and Internet Explorer 8. In addition the examples were tested with voiceover on Apple OSX 10.6.4 with Safari.

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• Accessibility
• CSS
• WCAG

20th July 2011 by Matt Lawson | Web Accessibility

Links that opened in a new window have always been a sticky point when it comes to accessibility; ever since the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 were released way back in 1999. These guidelines made it clear that pop-up windows should be avoided whenever possible. However, there are occasions when opening a new window or tab cannot be avoided. If this is the case, we can avoid confusing or disorientating the users by providing a textual indicator.

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• Accessibility

8th July 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

Apple has made accessibility part of the iOS app SDK. With integrated screen magnification and the VoiceOver screen reader available on all recent iOS devices, it’s an ideal platform for great accessibility.

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• a11y
• Accessibility
• iOS accessibility
• screen reader
• UI
• UX

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