Archived posts, October 2006
False accessibility claims on public sector websites
Far too often, public sector websites falsely claim that they are accessible after paying tax money to web agencies that do not know what accessibility is.
Inline quotations: use q elements or not?
Should Web designers and Web authors use q elements to mark up inline quotations or not? Opinions differ.
Accessibility for all vs. for people with disabilities
Let’s stop the pointless arguing about what Web accessibility is and help each other make the Web a better place.
CSS Validator colour warnings are not errors
Messages about missing colours or background-colours are not errors and can often safely be ignored.
Full Flash websites and SEO
A well-thought-out and easy-to-understand flow-chart that is helpful when trying to assess how a full-Flash site will affect SEO and accessibility.
Want to receive email? Stop using Gmail.
If you use Gmail to contact someone and don’t get a reply, it could be because their mail server has been blacklisted by Google.
Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance (Book review)
An excellent and very well-written book that explains the various aspects of Web accessibility in depth.
Afraid of CSS and valid code? Read this.
Twelve lessons to learn while going from table based layouts to mastering CSS.
Opening new windows with JavaScript, version 1.2
A new window script that uses object literal notation for better portability and lets you choose which attribute-value pairs will open links in new windows.
Closing the gap between list items in IE
How to fix the list item whitespace bug in both Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
Web standards and accessibility training in Sweden
Training courses in Web standards and accessibility for Web designers and developers in Sweden, in Swedish.
Nikita the Spider: a bulk validation and link checking tool
A new validation and link checking service that is very likely to tell you things you did not know about your site.
Internet Explorer 7 final is now available
The release version of Internet Explorer 7 is now available for download from Microsoft.
Firefox 2.0 released?
It looks like Firefox 2 has been released and is available for download.
Barrier-free Web design, a.k.a. Web accessibility 2.0
An attempt to explain why we believe that including everybody does not risk excluding people with disabilities.
Useful tips for writing efficient CSS
Ten useful tips for writing CSS that is better, more efficient, and easier to maintain.
Best practices for the Mobile Web
Much of the advice intended to provide a better user experience for users of handheld devices will also improve accessibility in other contexts.
New W3C working group to improve HTML
W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee acknowledges that HTML needs to be kept alive. Making people use XML failed, so a new working group will gradually improve HTML.
Accessibility statements or Site help pages?
Perhaps it is time to replace accessibility statements with site help pages that are less technical.
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