Accessibility News
Google: Forms & Landing Pages are Key
8 Feb 2010by Josh
A fascinating post by Googler Gavin Doolan: If you are considering making changes to your website design, take a moment to consider the potential revenue impact of your redesign. (This graph) shows a theoretical overview of the ROI impact of various parts of your website. I love that: “t... continues
via [Bokardo - Social Design by Joshua Porter]
Dreamers of Day
7 Feb 2010by Josh
I recently posted this quote on the 52weeksofUX site, but I like it so much I’m going to post it here as well: “All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That t... continues
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No use case necessary
28 Jan 2010by louisr
Given that it's now the official national craze, I too will ruminate on the iPad... I don't think that there's a clear use case for something that's small but not as small as a phone, and useful but not as...
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London, a word please
20 Jan 2010by louisr
The early bird registration deadline is coming up (January 31) for the Etre workshops that Steve Krug and I will be teaching in London at the ICA (March 1 and 2). If you don't mind, a word: There are a...
via [Bloug]
Site search best practices
19 Jan 2010by louisr
A client recently asked me to help come up with a list of "world-class" implementations of site search. "World-class" is always a red flag term for me, because it's a crutch term that suggests that there isn't a clear idea...
via [Bloug]
RIP Jack Pickard
Very sad news from the accessibility community. Jack Pickard, or @thepickards to his friends on Twitter, passed away this weekend. Not much that I can say personally that hasn’t already been said by others. You will be – no, are – missed, Jack. If you want to say something for ... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
What to do with Accessify?
I’ve been thinking about what to write in this post – or even whether to write it at all – for a long time. Bottom line is that I’m struggling to put Accessify to its best use and I’m after some ideas about what I can do to sort this out. A few months ago I [...]via [Accessify: latest news]
The blind leading the non-blind
In my previous post I mentioned that I was after a few tips about how I might approach the task of teaching HTML to a 15-year-old blind lad, Harry, who’s at my place of work on work experience. The tips were very handy but I will confess that the day had [...]via [Accessify: latest news]
Teaching a Blind Person HTML?
I’m after some ideas on something here. Tomorrow I will be sitting down with a lad who’s here on work experience who is completely blind. He’s been doing some assessment of various web sites over the last couple of days but tomorrow I have got to try to teach him a bit about buildi... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
Interview with Accessible Twitter creator Dennis Lembree
Accessify recently spoke to founder of Accessible Twitter Dennis Lembree, who is also behind Web Overhauls and web accessibility podcast Web Axe. We wanted to find out more about the background to Accessible Twitter, what prompted it and where it might go next. Here’s what Dennis had to say: ... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
SuperPreview – Nice App, Shame about the Name
It might be the done thing for web developers in certain corners to routinely have a dig at Microsoft – certainly, they’ve given us enough ammo/cause in the past to make this easy (Songsmith, I’m particularly looking at you at the moment!) – but while many of these people w... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
Fantastic offer – 5 books for the price of 1
How would you like 5 of SitePoint’s rather fine technical publications for just $29.99 US? Sounds like an absolute bargain, doesn’t it? Well, it is a deal not to be missed and you have 3 days to make the most of it. So get to it! Visit SitePoint’s 5-for-1 sale here As a SitePoint... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
Easy YouTube caption creator – a very rough first ‘build’
OK, before I start, let me just emphasise that this tool is not meant to be anything complicated and I’m not suggesting that it in any way replaces other existing ‘Swiss Army knife’ style captioning tools – this is a one-trick pony! And the trick this pony does is help to cap... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
Spam emails from Accessifyforum?
If anyone is receiving spam emails notifying about private messages, please note that this is not something that I can help you with. Accessify.com is my site, but accessifyforum.com is owned/maintained by Nigel Peck, which he set up using that URL/name with my blessing way back in the days (it̵... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
New book review: Universal Design
Just a quick note to say there’s a new review up on the site, this time for Wendy Chisholm and Matt May’s book Universal Design for Web Applications. I’m hoping to secure a few copies for a little prize giveaway, so watch this space. We’ll also be publishing an extract from t... continuesvia [Accessify: latest news]
On the Origins of Avatars
8 Dec 2009by Josh
As I sit looking at Tweetdeck this morning, scanning over 40 avatars of people I know and don't know, I wonder how much of my interaction is influenced by what a particular avatar looks like. Am I more willing to converse with someone who has a realistic avatar? A smiling avatar? Does the offbeat, n... continues
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A Union Index?
7 Dec 2009by louisr
I've been kicking around an odd idea ever since starting Rosenfeld Media—the idea of a union index, a compilation of all of our books' indices. Now that we've actually got a few books out (#6 is due in about six...
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The Most Important Feature of a Multi-Device Web: Syncing
19 Nov 2009by Josh
If you sync seamlessly across devices, people will love you for it.
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Updates on new books and workshops
16 Nov 2009by louisr
So much going on right now—good stuff, really—but not much time to tend to Bloug. So just a few notes for now: Rosenfeld Media just published its fifth book: Todd Zaki Warfel's Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide. I'm thrilled with Todd's...
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Looking for examples of microcopy
12 Nov 2009by Josh
I've set up a new Flickr group with the express intent of aggregating examples of microcopy, that tiny copy (often shorter than a sentence) that helps clarify, explain, reduce commitment, or otherwise assuage someone performing (or considering) a task. You can find the group here: Flickr: Microc... continues
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Is Twitter Successful?
21 Oct 2009by Josh
The big question everyone has with Twitter is, and the very first one that John Battelle asked Twitter CEO Ev Williams when he interviewed him yesterday, is "What's the revenue model?"
via [Bokardo - Social Design by Joshua Porter]
Early regi deadlines for my fall workshops
30 Sep 2009by louisr
Howdy; just a reminder that the early registration deadline for the Seattle edition of my workshop on site search analytics is this Friday, October 2. The workshop takes place on Thursday October 29; Steve Krug's new workshop on do-it-yourself usability...
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Communicating Value through Cause & Effect on Fanfeedr
17 Sep 2009by Josh
How Fanfeedr's intro page does well to communicate the value of the service.
via [Bokardo - Social Design by Joshua Porter]
Disaster Planning for the IA Community
13 Sep 2009by louisr
It's been a year since the financial meltdown. And it's got me wondering: how hard have information architects been hit? I have plenty of anecdotal information, but really, I don't feel confident in saying that this has or hasn't been...
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The curation candidates
8 Sep 2009by louisr
They're all wonderful candidates, and naturally it's hard to chose. So I voted for the candidates that are not going to try to change the way that information architects think, or are thought of by the outside world. That's not...
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This one goes to eleven
28 Aug 2009by louisr
That's right. Eleventh IA Summit. Phoenix, April 7-11. Here's the call for participation....
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Can we talk? (and why? and how?)
26 Aug 2009by louisr
One of my New Year's resolutions for 2009 was to talk regularly with UX practitioners. Since then, I've been organizing monthly UX book salons. For the most part, we've discussed the format and presentation of UX books—which of their features...
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Feature Development in Action: Broadcast Stream Messages in Socialcast
21 Aug 2009by Josh
One of the guiding principles of interaction design is to support existing behavior. This means to figure out what is already happening, what activities, tasks, and interactions people are already doing, and build support for them into software.
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Using your Sign-up form as a Qualifier
19 Aug 2009by Josh
I recently ran across an interesting way to qualify people using sign-up forms at monotask.com.
via [Bokardo - Social Design by Joshua Porter]
No Sign-up Necessary (the strikethrough method)
18 Aug 2009by Josh
Two apps, Posterous and SignApp, have a novel way to communicate how easy it is to start using their product. I call it the strikethrough method.
via [Bokardo - Social Design by Joshua Porter]
‘Unwebbable’ castoffs
22 Jul 2009by joeclark
What didn’t make the cut in “Unwebbable” at A List Apart
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CausaUse
31 May 2009A Usability and User Experience Consultancy in Germany.
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CLIHC 2009
10 May 2009Latin-American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Mérida Yucatán, Mexico.
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Loop
10 May 2009A web-based user-experience testing tool, allowing companies to conduct online, unmoderated user testing on any kind of digital interface.
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MindTrek 2009
10 May 2009Tampere, Finland.
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ACE 2009
13 Apr 2009International conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment technology, Athens, Greece.
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Ergonomics Society Anniversary Conference 2009
13 Apr 2009Celebrating 60 years of ergonomics, London, UK.
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Usable Accessibility: Making Web Sites Work Well for People with Disabilities
24 Feb 2009"When people talk about both usability and accessibility, it is often to point out how they differ. Accessibility often gets pigeon-holed as simply making sure there are no barriers to access for screen readers or other assistive technology, without regard to usability, while usability usually targe... continues
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Mandatory alt attribute is insignificant
7 Feb 2009by Isofarro
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This is How the Web Gets Regulated
20 Nov 2008"If a deaf person has a legal right to watch TV or movies with captions, that person has a legal right to watch online video with captions. The voluntary approach has done practically nothing to make that possible. Laws or human-rights regulations are necessary and inevitable. You should get behind ... continues
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‘This Is How the Web Gets Regulated’
18 Nov 2008by joeclark
My new article is up at A List Apart. And listen to me kick ass at the CRTC tomorrow
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The accessibility of the date-time pattern in Microformats
25 Apr 2008by Isofarro
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Practical accessibility tips
10 Mar 2008by Isofarro
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Ajax and Accessibility talk at AbilityNet's Rich Media workshop
27 Feb 2008by Isofarro
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WCAG Samurai errata released
26 Feb 2008by joeclark
For real
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They shoot standardistas, don’t they?
23 Dec 2007by joeclark
How HTML5 is like They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
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Squashing a persistent myth
20 Dec 2007by joeclark
One more time, mes amis: px-sized fonts aren’t the problem
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Spoiler: TTC Web redesign
20 Dec 2007by joeclark
And the winner of the TTC Web redesign contract is…
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Who’s behind Metrolinx?
11 Dec 2007by joeclark
Further dissection of the Failed Redesign of the Year
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Let’s pick on Metrolinx!
7 Dec 2007by joeclark
What does the Failed Redesign known as Metrolinx sound like in a screen reader?
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Accessibility Articles
Accessible online video for keyboard-only users
Please change the description to: Find out all you need to do to make online videos accessible, beyond simply providing subtitles and transcripts.AJAX accessibility for websites
Discover the accessibility problems caused by AJAX and how it can be used to enhance web accessibility.10 common errors when implementing accessibility
Web developers often make the same errors as each other when implementing accessibility - find out what these are and how to avoid making these mistakes.Improving accessibility for motor impaired users
The unique requirements for motor impaired web users can often be overlooked - find out what you need to do for your website.Accessibility audit vs accessibility testing
Article outlining the difference between the two accessibility evaluation methods: The accessibility audit and accessibility testing.The future of web accessibility
Accessibility is currently in a great state of change - find out what the future hold for web accessibility and how this may affect your website.Beyond guidelines: Advanced accessibility techniques
Find out how to go beyond the W3C accessibility guidelines and offer a truly accessible web experience.Learning difficulties and web accessibility
Web accessibility for those with learning difficulties can prevent some unique challenges - find out why and what you should be doing.The problem with automated accessibility testing tools
Automated accessibility testing tools can be useful, but there are a number of disadvantages with relying on them.Improving usability for screen reader users
Find out how to improve usability and accessibility for screen reader users.Separate text-only version? No thanks!
Why a separate text-only version of a website is a really bad idea.WCAG 2.0: The new W3C accessibility guidelines evaluated
WCAG 2.0, the second version of the W3C's accessibility guidelines are soon to be released - find out what we think of these new guidelines.Web accessibility for screen magnifier users
Discover how to improve both usability and accessibility for screen magnifier users using the Internet.Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar
The Web Accessibility Toolbar will help you test any website for basic accessibility in just a few minutes - find out where you can get it from and how to use it.Writing effective ALT text for images
Simply inserting ALT text isn't necessarily enough to ensure accessible images - the text must also be effectively written. Find out how to achieve this...Disbaility Discrimination Act (DDA) & web accessibility
Find out about the UK legal requirements for websites under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).Making accessible forms part 2
Learn even more about making your online forms accessible in part 2 of this HTML form tutorial.Making accessible forms part 1
Learn how to make your online forms accessible in this HTML form tutorial.Ten accessibility blunders of the big players
Accessibility evaluation of ten of the most popular websites on the Internet.Web accessibility myths
Dispelling some popular myths about designing accessible websites.Benefits of an accessible website - part 2: The business case
The benefits of accessible websites and web accessibility.Benefits of an accessible website - part 1: Increase in reach
The business benefits of accessible websites and web accessibility.The secret benefit of web accessibility part 2: A higher search engine ranking
How a website optimised for accessibility also helps it achieve a high search engine ranking.The secret benefit of web accessibility part 1: Increased usability
Popular article outlining how a website optimised for accessibility also improves its usability.Manchester United: Top of the web accessibility league?
Manchester United' accessible website has received a lot of publicity. This article suggests that what they've done is actually very wrong.Ten quick tests to check your website for accessibility
An easy way to test your website for accessibility.The DRC blew it
The DRC has been campaigning for accessible websites for years. They just had their biggest chance to force some change... And they blew it.How disabled user access the Internet
How disabled people use the Internet.Web accessibility: The basics
Learn the all-important web accessibility basics with these tips and guidelines.Simple Javascript and Forms
Adding Javascript validation to forms without hindering accessibility.Accessibility of text-only websites
An examination of how creating text-only versions of websites affects accessibility.Creating Structured Tables
A brief tour of the elements and attributes used in building well-structured tables.Accessibility in [Company Name]
Building a business and legal case for accessible websites.The Mythical Mailto:
Discussing the misuse of the mailto URI as an action to the form.via Isolani and Webcredible.
Accessibility Links
Factors That Affect Usability
Seth's Blog: Return on Design
Access Ability: Graphic Design for a More Accessible World
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
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Designing with Progressive Enhancement: Building the web that works for every...
Progressive enhancement is an approach to web development that aims to deliver the best possible experience to the widest possible audience. Designing with Progressive Enhancement is a practical guide that both explains the principles and benefits of progressive enhancement, and explores detailed ex... continuesColorblind Web Page Filter
Dive Into Accessibility
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Universal Design for Learning
swfobject - Project Hosting on Google Code
Lighthouse International - Effective Color Contrast
All about colorFlash: 99% Bad (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Pitfalls of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools- Standards Schmandards
Complete List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
QuirksBlog: The iPhone obsession
"The iPhone has become an obsession. If we don’t pay attention, we’ll have a mobile web that only works on the iPhone. And then we’ll have the real mobile web that wasn’t made by us and doesn’t give a shit about web standards and best practices." Overstating things somewhat but s... continuesConversion Room: Introducing the Beginners Guide to Google Website Optimiser
State of the Internet
Welcome to the HiSoftware Cynthia Says Portal
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