Thursday, October 28, 2010
AccessU West 2011 is a Knowbility training event January 10-12, 2011 at San Jose State University. There are two days of sessions, with a full day of post conference workshops that go even more in depth with accessibility information. AccessU West offers classes on how to make electronic information technology accessible to everyone – including [...]
As far as I’m concerned lately, the future of news is print. At least a page of print will hold still so you can read it. Online news sites are afflicted with a jumping disorder, a downloading disorder, and a hell-no-you-can’t-scroll-till-I-say-so disorder. The page jumps around as it’s downloading. If you are lucky enough to [...]
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The 2011 Student Web Conference is in January and it’s free. Students need to attend this, instructors and web educators need to be supporting the event and speaking at it. This is a great thing! Hooray to Zac Gordon for getting this conference going. (And next year there will be women in the speakers list, [...]
Saturday, August 21, 2010
28 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know is an excellent list from Jeffrey Way. Longdesc may be dropped from the HTML5 spec. Right now it’s in the “let’s argue about it” phase. WebAxe has a discussion by podcast with some folks who examine the issue. The Fate of Longdesc in HTML5. What’s the [...]
Users with screen reader devices will scan and skim your web page in a manner somewhat similar to the way a visual user will. Screen readers can be programmed to read only headings, subheadings and links. When something of interest pops out from this “skimming” process, the user can stop and have all the information [...]
The You-Don’t-Matter Website is a look at usability and accessibility for some large brands. Graphic Design Theory: 50 Resources and Articles is from noupe. Apple’s attempt to wow the world with HTML5 flopped. Now Google is trying a similar thing with HTML5 Rocks. There are tutorials, Chrome developer tools, and the promise that the material [...]
InterACT with Web Standards: a Holistic Approach to Web Design is available today. This announcement is a BIG DEAL. This book puts everything you need to teach a class in web design or development with web standards into your hands. The book is easy to use in connection with InterACT’s 17 courses in 6 learning [...]
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Need a laugh? How to Successfully Educate Your Clients on Web Development at Smashing Magazine is really funny. Who moved my Enter key? from Know IT describes the role muscle memory plays in keyboarding. Personally, I’m still waiting for Mac and Windows to agree on the location and function of the Ctrl/Cmd keys. Moving from [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
Usability Issues that Impact Online Learning from Faculty Focus doesn’t mention specific tools that meet some of the standards suggested for good usability in online learning, but it does tell you some things to strive for: Good usability for online learning materials means the site, content, and media are easy to find, use, and navigate. [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The CSS line-height property determines the distance or spacing between the lines of text on the page. In the print world, this property is called leading. Line-height can be applied to any text element, but it’s probably best to set it in the CSS rule for body in your stylesheet. All the textual elements on [...]
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