Web AxeDennis 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)
News Links:
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.
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:
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
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:
The CMS’s evaluated were: