Thursday, February 2, 2012
WCAG Next from WebAIM offers ideas that Jared Smith explained, “we have identified areas of the guidelines that could be improved or clarified.” Jared should know, he’s been helping people comply with WCAG since day one. The plain numbers about women in tech – the VCs is from Pleasure and Pain. Take a look at [...]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Video for Everybody! “Video for Everybody is simply a chunk of HTML code that embeds a video into a website using the HTML5 <video> element, falling back to Flash automatically without the use of JavaScript or browser-sniffing. It therefore works in RSS readers (no JavaScript), on the iPhone / iPad (don’t support Flash) and on many browsers and platforms.” [...]
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Web Data Commons Launches has data showing that about 89% of all structured data on the web is in the form of microformats. 5 Infographics on Web Accessibility for Designers is a nice compilation. 6 Made up Nerd Words that Made it to Common Usage, and 8 that Should. The Separation of structure, presentation and [...]
Introducing the New CSS3 Cursor Styles is at Sitepoint. Learn to Code is an new site that aspires to become a brilliant educational tool by teaching users to code using interactive and social tools. Congratulations to this new venture and wishes for much success in teaching learners to code. The Rise of HTML5 in WordPress [...]
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Two announcements from the W3C relating to accessibility are important news today. The first is a couple of new notes relating to WCAG 2.0. You can find links to the relevant documents here. The other announcement is the first draft of the Media Accessibility User Requirements. The W3C description of the media requirements document: “It [...]
Friday, December 30, 2011
A Resolution for an Accessible New Year talks about the Fix the Web project and gives details and ideas about how you can participate in fixing the web. The Goldilocks Approach to Responsive Web Design takes a different approach to the concept. Sure to be discussed widely, so go read it. Understanding Apple is a [...]
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Two trends converged during 2011. One from the world of Internet connected devices and the other from web site design world. Statistics show that more people are connected to the Internet through some sort of mobile device than through a desktop or laptop computer. Web designers are scrambling to make sure that web pages are [...]
Friday, December 23, 2011
Top Ten Tests for Alternatives on Mobiles. “The tests below are just a subset of mobile accessibility guidelines that should be followed and focuses purely on alternatives for screen reader users.” HTML 5 and CSS3 Advent. A web dev’s advent calendar. Mobile HTML5. Charts for devices and what they support.
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG 2: When Not to Use Alt Text. Excellent article. Would be a great resource to send students to read. Constructing a POUR Website is from WebAIM. Six CSS Layout Features to Look Forward To. This is material from a talk on how the CSS Working Group is attempting to solve [...]
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