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Unintentional Discrimination - Custom Built Applications

June 14th, 2010

Someone was recently telling me about how they are using jQuery for a web-based application they are working on. It took a bit before they said it was a custom built application for a client, so at first I pointed out the issues with JavaScript, even with jQuery on.

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Web Accessibility and Content Management Systems

October 28th, 2008

Abstract

Web accessibility is an issue that is being spoken about more and more, yet very few Free Open Source Software (FOSS) Content Management Systems (CMS) are truly accessible. A growing number of countries are adopting legislation and regulations requiring a variety of websites to be accessible. Further, commercial interests suggest that a website that is  fully accessible and usable by all visitors would increase revenues. This paper will review the basic concepts of web accessibility and discuss the challenges of implementing accessibility into existing CMS, using Mambo CMS as a case study.

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Nicolas Steenhout to Present at OSDC 2008

September 19th, 2008

My presentation proposal to the Open Source Developers Conference 2008 was accepted. The presentation, titled "Web Accessibility and Content Management Systems", will be one of the "Extended Talks" available at the Conference. There is a lot of room for improvement in the level of accessibility of CMS, and I am both excited and honoured at the chance to discuss these issues with fellow open source developers.

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