So, you’ve done all you can to make your site fully accessible. And now you have to test it! There are many different methods and opinions of what the best way is, as Dennis explains, and auto-checker applications are only a small piece of the pie. Download Web Axe Episode 8 Great tools for testing […]
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Terminology Explained
Clearing up a few strange terms related to accessibility. Download Web Axe Episode 7 A user agent is the client application used with a particular network protocol. Device independent means a user can perceive and interact with the Web through any type of apparatus (mobile phones, PDAs, interactive television systems, etc.). Device independent on Wikipedia […]
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Skip-Nav Technique
The “skip-nav” technique is a method for the online cursor to jump over a group of navigation links, usually a site’s main menu. Download Web Axe Episode 6Links: WebAim Skip Nav W3C Checkpoint 13.6 Sample code:Skip navigation…[header and navigation links]… Heading This is the first paragraph
Using the ABBR and ACRONYM tags is a great technique that is simple and works very well—with standards-compliant browsers, that is. Until IE complies to world web standards, coders must hack the functionality in. I despise hacking for IE and try to avoid it. But, we have to admit that around 85% of users are […]
Going over some simple but important techniques for web accessibility including text links, heading tags, close links on popups, and dropdown menu (select) links. Download Web Axe Episode 4 [transcript] References:Checkpoint 7.4 and 7.5Checkpoint 10.1