Tag: Accessibility
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Accessibility 101
Nat Tarnoff covers the basics.
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CAPTCHA excludes disabled web users
The W3C explains how CAPTCHA excludes disabled users, and suggests alternatives that may be kinder and more reliable.
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Diversity and Web Standards
On this year’s Blue Beanie Day, as we celebrate web standards, we also celebrate our community’s remarkable diversity—and pledge to keep things moving in a positive, humanist direction. Racism, sexism, misogyny and other forms of…
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Why Standards Fail
An old (2000) essay by CSS co-creator Bert Bos, ostensibly written to explain the principles behind W3C standards development, actually sheds light on what separates great design from the muck we normally wade through. It…
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ALA 288: Access & semantics
In Issue No. 288 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: How to integrate accessibility with front-end development instead of treating it as an afterthought—an item on a checklist. And why not every…
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ALA 272: Accessible web video, better 404
What will it take to make web video accessible by default? And can a 404 page do more than just tell users something went wrong?
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Save the Accessibility Institute
Join Knowbility in urging the University of Texas to reconsider its decision to close the Accessibility Institute, founded and led with distinction by the late Dr. John Slatin. Sign the petition.
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ALA No. 265: better experience
A List Apart No. 265 is about improving user experience for the deaf and discussion for all.
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The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project
The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project matches accessibility experts with companies that would like a brief review of their site for accessibility. In return, the site owner is asked to contribute a minimum of $500…
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Monday links
Chopsticks by Segura. A greener LA via Boston. Stealing patterns, making models. Samurai errata and SXSW bowling.