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BayJax Presentation “Making JavaScript Accessible”

Web Axe host Dennis Lembree presented “Making JavaScript Accessible” at the Bay Area Ajax and JavaScript Meetup (BayJax) June 15, 2010 at the Yahoo! campus in Sunnyvale, California. Making JavaScript Accessible slides on SlideShare Making JavaScript Accessible text version BayJax Flickr photo album Dennis was honored to be invited as a replacement for Dirk Ginader, […]

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The CA.gov Accessibility Page Updated!

Today, just 3 working days after my critique of the CA.gov Accessibility page was published, the CA.gov Accessibility page has been updated! Some of the point discussed were removed and other modified. As for the site itself, the “skip to content” is now visible when tabbed upon. Hooray! Also, a couple of interesting links were […]

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The CA.gov Web Site Accessibility Page

The accessibility page of the State of California web site lists many claims on what makes their web site accessible. Frankly, I’m pretty embarrassed for this state is which I live; nearly all of the bulleted items have major web accessibility mistakes and flaws. Let’s take a look. (All of the assessments were made from […]

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Interview with Jennison by Steve

If you missed it from Twitter a month-and-a-half ago, Steve Grobschmidt (@AquinasWI) published an interview with accessibility expert Jennison Asuncion (@Jennison) in a 3-part series. It’s published on Steve’s blog “the art of web accessibility”. I recommend reading the interview as well as checking out Steve’s blog. Both Steve and Jennison are excellent contributors to […]

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Fixing Alt – Social Media Venn Diagram Made Accessible

Social Media Venn Diagram T-Shirt from despair.comhttp://despair.com/somevedi.html Perfect scenario for the longdesc attribute! The alt I used in the image below is “Social Media Venn Diagram” Three intersection circles labeled Narcissism, ADHD, and Stalking.Narcissism and ADHD cross and labeled MySpace.Narcissism and Stalking cross and labeled Facebook.Stalking and ADHD cross and labeled FourSquare.All three (Stalking, ADHD, […]