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Podcast #39: Business Reasons for Web Accessibility

Dennis and Ross discuss the various business reasons for web accessible including increased users, easier maintenance, avoiding lawsuits, and decreasing bandwidth. Some good news items also.

Download Web Axe Episode 39 (Business Reasons for Web Accessibility)

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Web Accessibility Presentation

Dennis Lembree, main host of Web Axe (and owner of web development company CheckEngine USA) gave a presentation on web accessibility at the January meetup for Refresh Detroit. Topics included the definition of the term, general issues, guidelines and law, and advocates. You can get the web accessibility presentation on the CheckEngine USA web site, which is available in HTML and PDF formats.

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Firefox 2 Breaks Numeric Access Keys

The Firefox 2 browser breaks numeric access keys. Yes, it’s true. Firefox 2 now requires the Shift key to the Alt + Access Key function, but it doesn’t work with numbers. How silly. A large portion of sites (including mine) that implement access keys use numbers because they are least likely to interfere with various user agents.

But now, there’s a solution! Firefox 2.0.0.1! It’s available through Firefox’s auto-update. Shift + Alt + Access Key now works fine.

In IE, the access key usage hasn’t changed; it’s Alt + Access Key, then Enter.

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Technical Issues

The hosting company for the podcast files is currently experiencing technical issues. Please return at a later time to download a podcast. In the meantime, feel free to blog away! Thank you for your patience.
-Dennis

UPDATE:
OK, everything’s back up. Hoorah!

UPDATE 2:
The podcast MP3 files have been moved to a different server, and text updates have been made to some of the blog entries. (Unrelated to original issue.) Your RSS reader may display the Web Axe listings as new.

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New Design!

Web Axe now has a new design with a custom Blogger template. Some updates include the following. Any comments?!

  • Adjustable width
  • New color scheme and header images
  • More accessible code (and skip to links)
  • Better SEO
  • Added Ross to host information