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I Offer To Build An Accessible Website For The Nevada Blind Children Foundation

June 18th, 2009

It appears my previous post about the Nevada Blind Children's Foundation being "Flash only" made a lot of noise, and upset people. I had been planning to write a follow-up post. A recent post on Darrel Shandrow's blog prompts me to write this follow-up faster than planned!

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Google Chrome Browser Released with No Thoughts of Accessibility

September 7th, 2008

So recently Google released a brand new browser called 'Chrome'. It offers a simplified interface and a few "new" features, which are discussed at length already by many other people. I won't go there. But it's worth mentionning that the browser is next to unusable for many people with disabilities. Screenreader software is not supported, and keyboard access is quite limited, among other issues.

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Alt Attributes Can Be Tricky

May 25th, 2008

I was looking at a site last night. Ok, I looked at a lot of sites yesterday, but had a specific look at one. They had done the "right" thing and declared an alt attribute to some images. But giving the site a whirl with images turned off, anyone could quickly see that their choice of alt text was not particularly helpful.

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Accessibility is not Just for Screenreader Users

March 7th, 2008

We talk about web accessibility, and we most often end up talking about screendreader. Even people who eat and breathe accessibility often end up reverting to that when we meet and discuss our pet topics. But there are many people with different disability types that will benefit from accessibility. And obviously, those without a disability may also benefit from it.

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