Accessibility

The Web should be made accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of any disabilities they might have.

Accessibility Challenges Survey

Got a specific accessibility-related challenge that you’d like to tell others about?

Posted on October 2, 2005

Keep website navigation simple

Website navigation is a tool that should be kept simple to enable visitors to use it properly.

Posted on October 1, 2005

CSS3 Multi-column layout considered harmful

Please think twice before using multiple columns to display longer articles on-screen.

Posted on September 28, 2005

Measuring text readability

How to check and improve the readability of your texts.

Posted on September 27, 2005

Accessible “read more” links

Use CSS to make “read more” links more accessible to screen reader users.

Posted on September 24, 2005

CAP&Design Interview

I’m featured in the latest issue of Swedish design magazine CAP&Design.

Posted on September 24, 2005

Keyboard navigation problems in IE and Safari

Internet Explorer and Safari have similar problems with in-page keyboard navigation.

Posted on September 17, 2005

Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox

The Web Developer Toolbar can help you perform some manual accessibility checks.

Posted on September 16, 2005

10 Reasons Clients Don’t Care About Accessibility

Chris Heilmann makes a good analysis of most clients’ current attitude to web accessibility.

Posted on September 13, 2005

Screen Readers and CSS Layout

Screen readers speak content in the order it is in the markup, not in the order it is displayed on-screen.

Posted on September 12, 2005

Basic webstandards Workshop

Russ Weakley covers more than the basics in this one.

Posted on September 2, 2005

Tips for improved accessibility in ASP.NET 1.1

Read this if you use ASP.NET.

Posted on August 28, 2005

Does accessibility encourage discrimination?

A discussion on whether it is acceptable for a website to be accessible to people with disabilities but inaccessible to people that use alternative browsing devices or operating systems.

Posted on August 25, 2005

PDF Accessibility

Most PDFs on the web should not be PDFs. But they can be made accessible.

Posted on August 24, 2005

Default Place-Holding Characters

No longer necessary. In fact, don’t do it.

Posted on August 23, 2005

Mobile Web Design - The Series

A series of articles on building websites for mobile devices.

Posted on August 17, 2005

Make Your Site Mobile-Friendly in Two Minutes

Using server-side scripting to make your site faster on mobile devices.

Posted on August 15, 2005

Scrolling and Scrollbars

Don’t mess with scrollbars if you want your site to be usable.

Posted on August 13, 2005

Accessible Data Tables

A very comprehensive article on the correct use of HTML tables.

Posted on August 8, 2005

Accessibility Only For Disabilities?

Is web accessibility limited to supporting assistive technologies?

Posted on June 27, 2005

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