Web Axe has been named one of the Top 5 design podcasts for designers by Dustin Brewer. You can Digg the article here. Dustin is a graphic artist and web designer based out of Oklahoma City, OK, USA. Thanks for the mention, Dustin! In addition to the Web Axe, the other podcasts mentioned were:
Author: Dennis
Dennis discuss the accessible popup window. What methods should be used–target attribute, JavaScript, a combination? Also, what methods to alert the user (title, icon, text) that a link is a pop-up.
Download Web Axe Episode 45 (Accessible popup window)
Code review:
10.1 Until user agents allow users to turn off spawned windows, do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the user. [Priority 2]
Related Links
- Accessible PopUp Links from A List Apart
- The Perfect Popup from Accessites
- window.open from Mozilla Development Center
Here’s a good article from Juicy Studio on choosing a CMS with accessibility and other considerations in mind. The highest ranked were Quick and Easy, Plone, and Drupal (with “some customisation”).
The criteria used in the testing were:
- functional, accessible and usable to authors with minimum experience
- an accessible Web content management solution on a limited budget
- the WYSIWYG editor should be accessible to screen reader users (JAWS and Window Eyes), and easy to use
The CMS’s evaluated were:
- Jadu
- Mambo
- Joomla
- Quick and Easy
- Expression Engine
- Plone
- Drupal
- Textpattern
- Xoops
- Typo3
In the article Accessibility audit vs. accessibility testing, Webcredible discusses the definition and differences between the accessibility audit, accessibility testing, and automated tools, and when it’s appropriate to use each evaluation type.
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Why Web Accessibility Makes Sense
Another great article from Accessites.org “Why Web Accessibility Makes Sense” explains the why’s of web accessibility. Reasons cited for accessible web sites include:
- takes advantage of web standards
- uses lighter code and less bandwidth
- it’s the law (or will be)
- more aging users
- better for search engines
- it’s the right thing to do