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Many people have a little “508†link on their blogs to show that their personal journal conforms to the Rehabilitation Act of 1998, Section 508. This always makes me chuckle a little bit and wonder, “is this person a federally funded program?†This little tidbit inspired me to start writing this article. The recent news […]
The Web Standards Project: Target Sued for Inaccessible Web Site The national federation for the blind has sued Target because their Web site is inaccessible to the visually impaired. I have an article coming soon on why this is a big deal. Just thought I’d point out this landmark case. The article in the above […]
Good article on some starting CSS classes to strip out inconsisten browser defaults. One of the steps from my previous post about writing cross-browser compatible css. Starting with CSS: revisited – KuraFire Network
Web accessibility is about universal access. It is the idea that any user should be able to access all content on the Web, regardless of platform, user agent, or physical disability. This is not some lofty philosophical ideal. It is just plain good business. As with usability, accessibility is not a binary thing. While accessibility […]
This last session was fairly amazing, though there isn’t much to sum up here. This is what I came to the conference for, to watch Jason Santa Maria and Eric Meyer walk through their design and development process. There weren’t a whole lot of notes to take. It’s something you have to see in person, […]
After the atrocity that was the Disney Store UK redesign, a fresh wave of articles on professionalism have popped up. Each are very important reads for those of us in the Web development community. Accessibilty, The Gloves Come Off (Interview with Andy Clarke) There are now so many web sites, blogs or publications devoted to […]
I was recently pointed to the Godbit project by my Bloglines notifier (;-)). I’m glad I went. Created by Nathan Smith of SonSpring (a part of the 9rules network)**. Godbit has a mission that I can get on board with heart and soul: The purpose of this site is to help the Church catch up […]
I was recently asked why exactly it is that one should not use a frameset for a Web site. A frames based page is something I’ve always sort of recognized as a bad thing, but have never had to verbalize or support objectively before; until now.
Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cedarholm Cedarholm’s book Web Standards Solutions has become a primer text of sorts in our office for anyone who does Web design. This one is just as excellent.
Dan Cedarholm “The Markup and Style Handbook”. A great resource for effective Web development with Web standards.
Jefferey Zeldman This is the starting point. If you are looking to learn about Web development, start here.
This is a helpful starting point for developing for Web accessibility. Accessibility from the Ground Up. Yes, Web accessibility is growing up. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 was released over five years ago, in May 1999. This year, the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative will release Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. WCAG is the international standard […]