Accessibility
The Web should be made accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of any disabilities they might have.
Failed redesigns: Use web standards or don’t bother redesigning
Websites that, despite being created or substantially updated during the era of web standards, ignore or misuse those standards are failed redesigns.
Luminosity contrast ratio
WCAG 2.0 suggests calculating the luminosity contrast ratio between foreground and background colours to ensure readability.
@media 2006
Make sure you don’t miss the major European web development conference of the year - @media 2006 in London this June.
Accesskey problems remain in XHTML 2
The access element in XHTML 2 will apparently suffer from the same problems as the accesskey attribute in current versions of HTML and XHTML.
Use CSS background images responsibly
CSS background images should only be used for presentational images, not for informational or functional images.
Label your form controls properly
Remember to use the label element to associate form controls with their respective label texts.
Choosing a CAPTCHA for a commercial product
A detailed list of the pros and cons of several different methods for creating a CAPTCHA.
How to write a useful accessibility statement
If you don’t have an accessibility statement on your site, this article explains how to write one. If you already have one, here’s how to make it better.
Accessible DHTML: two different approaches
Examples of different approaches to making dynamic web content more accessible: WAI’s dynamic web content accessibility and Web Forms 2.
CAPTCHA is bad for accessibility
Using a bitmap image containing distorted text to verify that the user is human prevents several groups of disabled people from using web based services.
Accessibility and usability for interactive television
Accessibility and usability for ITV have a lot in common with accessibility and usability for the web. There are also many differences, some of which are highlighted in this article.
Design sites and web standards
Design sites aren’t very good at using web standards. And purely visual designers often misunderstand accessibility.
The impact of colour blindness on web design
A colour blind person’s views of how colour blindness affects web browsing. It rarely does.
High accessibility means effective search engine optimisation
Make your site accessible to all human visitors and your search engine rankings will improve.
RNIB Media Briefing on Accessible PDFs
Mike Davies’ notes and recollections from a media briefing on the topic of PDF accessibility.
Building better HTML forms
Many useful tips for increasing the usability of web based forms. I do have a few reservations about some of the tips.
Colour blindness simulator for Mac OS X
A very handy little application that provides a real-time simulation of various types of colour blindness.
Popup-free form help
How to provide help for fields in web forms without using popup windows.
Form accessibility and usability
Examples of techniques that improve usability and accessibility of web forms.
Dreamweaver and web standards
A book about web standards, semantics, and accessibility for Dreamweaver users.
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