Accessible Web Video: JW Player Controls
http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/examples/jwplayercontrols/
Author: Dennis
Flash and PDF Webinar
You have two more chances to view the webinar The Paciello Group and Adobe Present WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Webinars for Flash and PDF. They will be March 31 and April 1, at 12 noon Eastern Time.
Partnership
Recently, there was a partnership announced between WebAIM and The Paciello Group. The two are teaming up to provide web site owners with full accessibility testing and professional services (by The Paciello Group) and additionally receiving the WebAIM Accessible Site Certification.
Easy Apps
Below are two web applications which make Web 2.0 site mores accessible and usable. They are both from “DOM God” Chris Heilmann.
- Easy SlideShare – Convert slide presentations from SlideShare to easy-to-read text.
- Easy YouTube – super simple interface for viewing YouTube videos.
UPDATE Mar 29
- Fixed the Easy YouTube link above.
- Also try QuietTube!
Categories
Web Axe RSS Reader Stats
Just thought it would be interesting to post some statistics for the Web Axe RSS feed, provided by FeedBurner.
So what reader/aggregator application are people using? The stats last July were much more balanced. But now, Google’s Reader (or Feedfetcher) is still at number one, but has approximately 8 times higher usage than iTunes (and that’s Mac and Windows combined). Netvibes is next on the list, which is one of my favorite tools.
As far as readership goes, it’s been increasing pretty well. In just 3 months so far this year Web Axe has increased its subscriber rate by over six hundred, more than 33%! There are almost 1,900 RSS followers. Thank you Web Axe readers!
Google Feedfetcher: 1208; iTunes (Mac): 100; Netvibes: 89; NewGator Online: 71; iTunes (Windows): 58; Bloglines: 52; Windows RSS Platform: 21; Odeo 19.
Download Web Axe Episode 69 (Recovery.gov Site Review)
Events
- Web 2.0 Expo 2009 (San Francisco) March 31- April 3.
- Refresh Detroit, Transitioning from Print to Web Design, Wednesday, March 25, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- European Accessibility Forum Frankfurt, Germany, 27 March 2009.
- CSUN Tweetup 2009 – “Twitter Meetup” at the CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, March 18.
- SXSW is going on right now (jealous I am).
News
- Web Axe is now on Twitter. Don’t forget to use Accessible Twitter!
- 456 Bereastreet offers some advice on how to setup screen reader test environments
- WCAG 2.0 States that all text should be able to be resized to 200%
- Call for review of the WAI-ARIA working document
Main Segment
Dennis and Ross give a web accessibility review of the new U.S. government site Recovery.gov. Topics discussed include:
- skip-to link
- menu
- headings
- XHTML validation
- tables
- forms
- ALT attributes
- titles
Some good recent web accessibility articles:
- Acronym/Abbreviation best practice conundrum – Jared Smith from WebAIM discusses the issues with the use of the acronym and abbreviation tags and screen readers, and asks for input.
- Which links to what: Referencing WCAG, ATAG, UAAG, and WAI-ARIA – The W3C explains referencing and linking to their documentation.
- The Problem With Invisible Links – Frustrated screen reader user argues against the use of invisible links, with good reason.