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Amazon.com and NFB

If you haven’t heard yet, Amazon.com stated that they are now committed to making improvements to web site accessibility. After Amazon.com has been singled out for its lack of web accessibility, let’s hope they can make up for it. The online retail giant will reportedly be working with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) to make its web site more accessible.

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Podcast #46: Web Site Analysis: Michigan.gov

Dennis and Ross do an informal web accessibility/web standards analysis and critique of the Michigan.gov web site.

Download Web Axe Episode 46 (Web Site Analysis: Michigan.gov)

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IBM Helps Blind ‘See’ Web Video

The BBC reports on a new technology from IBM that helps visually impaired access content of web video. The tool is codenamed “A-Browser” and should release later this year. IBM hopes to make it free.

Technology giant, IBM, is soon to launch a multimedia browser to make audio and video content accessible to people with vision impairments.

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Web Axe Named Top 5 Podcasts!

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:

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Podcast #45: Accessible popup windows

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)

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WCAG 1.0 Guideline 10.1

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]

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