The Archives
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02.12.07Three per cent accessibilityWhile this article goes on to discuss new accessibility technology in Windows Vista (why?), what should be much more its main point is that in a UN-sponsored study, just three of 100 major websites passed WCAG 1.0! Frankly, this is an execrable state of affairs. I've been building web apps for a long time now, and building accessible apps from the start is just something that I do. It's never an afterthought. And it never should be. The WCAG Checklist provides an annotated, abundantly clear guide on how it should be done: WCAG Priority 1 is without question, ...
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01.22.07Dutch government websites - accessibility mandatoryYay, Dutch lawmakers! While this post over at Quirksmode notes that a new Dutch law requires websites to be accessible (which isn't new news in many jurisdictions including the USA and Australia), what it does do that is new is stipulate what it takes for that accessibility to be met: valid HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.0 CSS and semantic HTML and separation of structure and presentation progressive enhancement the W3C DOM (instead of the old Microsoft document.all) meaningful values of class and id meaningful alt attributes on all images Furthermore: scripts that work on links should extend the basic link functionality (think accessible popups) if a link makes no sense ...
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08.30.06The Web Developer’s HandbookThe Web Developer's Handbook. Too much information... Brain full... Augh!
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04.10.06Why web standards DON’T suckWhile this story is far from new, nearly three years old as I write, in fact, if this can't convince you - or your clients, perhaps more importantly - that web (re)development using recognised and proven web standards is a worthwhile, then there's no way you'll ever be convinced. Even today, I find significant resistance among my clients for a semantic markup and CSS approach to their redevelopments. More often than not, that resistance is driven by a perception (albeit a false one) that semantic markup and CSS will cost in terms of time-to-deployment and complexity of maintenance. ...
