Being a web accessibility advocate and practitioner is certainly frustrating at times. Especially when important, foundational best practices get ignored because “the cool kids are doing it”. This was the muse for writing this tweet (for which I was happily surprised to see numerous retweets!): Just because some big, popular companies make poor design decisions regarding accessibility, doesn’t […]
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Make a Pledge for Easy Chirp 2
As you may know, Easy Chirp is a web-based Twitter client which makes the social media service accessible to all. This includes users with a disability (such as visual impairments and motor impairments), Twitter newbies, older users, low bandwidth, and non-JavaScript browsers. Like all 3rd party Twitter apps, Easy Chirp gets its data from the […]
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CSUN13 Summary
Last week, my author Dennis Lembree attended the 28th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (better known as CSUN) at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. Dennis presented one session “Developing an Accessible Widget with ARIA” representing his day job company. You may download Dennis’ PowerPoint file here. WebAIM announced that there […]
Here’s a list a accessible HTML5 Media Players—I have not tested them all—and some articles on how to build one yourself. Know any others? Please leave info in a comment. Existing Players Nomensa’s media player Flash, no longer maintained JW Player by LongTail Making Video Accessible (no longer available) by LongTail Accessible JW Player Control using Dojo (no longer […]
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Accessibility-Related Jobs and Resources
Several great job opportunities in accessibility to start the new year! Senior Operations Analyst – Accessibility at Target in Minneapolis, MN. Section 508 Software Tester for a telecommuting role. Accessibility Specialist for an initial 6-month consulting opportunity in Wilmington, DE QA Tester/ADA Coordinator at University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. Accessibility Specialist at Modis in Wilmington, […]