I got this email the other day: I have a rather odd request to ask. I am trying to learn how to write web pages for fun and maybe more down the road. At present I have several different editors to choose from, and was wondering if you could give me some advice as to [...]
The people involved in the WaSP InterACT Curriculum are organizing to do some updates to the free online course materials the curriculum provides to web educators (and self-taught learners). This is part of an ongoing effort to keep the InterACT web standards based curriculum up to date. In preparing to update the Web Design 1 [...]
You can see the full set of results of the WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey #3. I hope you’ll study them with interest. I want to highlight a few of their findings here. ARIA Landmarks ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) introduces something called landmarks. These provide quick access to page areas, such as navigation, search, [...]
Friday, February 18, 2011
Get to know Emily Lewis, who will be on a panel at SXSW Interactive this year. This is a recent talk she gave to a local tech group called Webuquerque. She talks about the basics of good markup, semantics, and new concepts in markup. It’s about an hour long. I think it would make a [...]
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Media queries are part of the CSS 3 recommendations that worked beginning with HTML 4 and CSS 2. Lately they have been touted as a solution to designing for mobile devices. The trend has earned the label “responsive web design.” I thought it was time to look at the basics of media queries. When you [...]
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Understanding CSS Selectors at Script Junkie. Great explanation of attribute selectors, including how to style with attribute selectors when using ARIA roles and forms. The article also explains how to use more than one attribute selector to create styles. Want to look like a real computer whiz on your Mac? Study A selection of Mac [...]
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Videos of screen readers using ARIA at zomigi.com is enlightening. Watch. The Ada Initiative is dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture, which includes open source software, Wikipedia and other open data, and open social media. HTML as a Living Standard – For and Against is must reading at HTML5 Doctor. [...]
Monday, December 20, 2010
Mozilla’s School of Webcraft is taking names and keeping lists in anticipation of the opening of registration for the new classes on Jan. 8 2011. Learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Mint.com is taking a personal finance class into middle schools, according to TechCrunch. I know this isn’t the first time commercial concerns have developer curriculum [...]
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Should Web Designers Know HTML and CSS? at Six Revisions is by Michael Tuck. It’s a fascinating discussion and he does a fair job of presenting both sides of the issue. My 2 cents: there are layers to peel back as to what exactly you mean by “web designer” but no one can be a [...]
See Also: ARIA Roles 101 As part of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite (ARIA), defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible. It is used to improve the accessibility of dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies. [...]
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