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conference csun

Recap of Accessibility Camp LA

A few weeks ago, on October 20, Web Axe author Dennis Lembree attended the very first Accessibility Camp Los Angeles at CSU Northridge. The event is led by @jennison and @joedevon. After opening comments and introductions, Dennis presented Introduction to Web Accessibility (sorry, the Google docs nor the Slideshare version is very accessible). Dennis represented PayPal, his […]

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administrative RSS wordpress

Announcing the New Web Axe Website!

Welcome to the new Web Axe website, WebAxe.org! The RSS feed has also changed. It is now: http://www.webaxe.org/feed/ After over 7 years on Blogger, the website has moved to WordPress. It uses a fairly customized version of the Blaskan theme. Two important plug-ins used are WP Accessibility and WP-Accessible Twitter feed. Reasons for the change include a fresh responsive design; […]

About Web Accessibility

What is web accessibility? This is a difficult question to answer in brief, but my short answer is: An accessible web page makes all pertinent content available to any person who wants it regardless of their abilities or browsing technology. Web accessibility benefits more than people with a disability; keep in mind that a user […]

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presentations review

Open Letter to Slideshare

Dear Slideshare, I have been a user of your service for a few years now. I enjoying sharing slide presentations, following other authors, and having the option to add audio. And last year, your move to HTML5 from Flash was great. But there are some behaviors which are quite poor and have needed improvement for some […]

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About Web Axe

Web Axe is a blog about web accessibility. It was founded in September of 2005, and originally started as a podcast. Web Axe was nominated for “Podcast of the Year” in .net magazine’s 2008, 2009 and 2010 Best of the Web awards, but is not podcasting any longer. Dennis Lembree is the founder and author of […]