Archived posts, October 2006

Accessibility statements or Site help pages?

Perhaps it is time to replace accessibility statements with site help pages that are less technical.

October 31, 2006
Comments closed. 21 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility

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.

October 30, 2006
Comments closed. 39 comments posted.
Posted in (X)HTML Web Standards

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.

October 26, 2006
Comments closed. 25 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility

Useful tips for writing efficient CSS

Ten useful tips for writing CSS that is better, more efficient, and easier to maintain.

October 25, 2006
Comments closed. 16 comments posted.
Posted in CSS

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.

October 24, 2006
Comments closed. 20 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility

Firefox 2.0 released?

It looks like Firefox 2 has been released and is available for download.

October 23, 2006
Comments closed. 39 comments posted.
Posted in Browsers

Internet Explorer 7 final is now available

The release version of Internet Explorer 7 is now available for download from Microsoft.

October 19, 2006
Comments closed. 49 comments posted.
Posted in Browsers

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.

October 18, 2006
Comments closed. 8 comments posted.
Posted in Web Standards

Web standards and accessibility training in Sweden

Training courses in Web standards and accessibility for Web designers and developers in Sweden, in Swedish.

October 17, 2006
Comments closed. 7 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility Web Standards

Closing the gap between list items in IE

How to fix the list item whitespace bug in both Internet Explorer 6 and 7.

October 16, 2006
Comments closed. 59 comments posted.
Posted in Browsers 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.

October 12, 2006
Comments closed. 60 comments posted.
Posted in JavaScript

Afraid of CSS and valid code? Read this.

Twelve lessons to learn while going from table based layouts to mastering CSS.

October 11, 2006
Comments closed. 18 comments posted.
Posted in CSS Web Standards

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.

October 10, 2006
Comments closed. 14 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility Reviews

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.

October 9, 2006
Comments closed. 52 comments posted.
Posted in Productivity

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.

October 6, 2006
Comments closed. 32 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility Search Engine Optimisation

CSS Validator colour warnings are not errors

Messages about missing colours or background-colours are not errors and can often safely be ignored.

October 5, 2006
Comments closed. 18 comments posted.
Posted in CSS

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.

October 4, 2006
Comments closed. 20 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility

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.

October 3, 2006
Comments closed. 27 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility Web Standards

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.

October 2, 2006
Comments closed. 14 comments posted.
Posted in Accessibility

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