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a11yBos Presentation

Web Axe author Dennis Lembree presented (virtually via Skype) at the Boston Accessibility (Un)Conference, September 15, 2012. He presented a session titled “How To Build An Accessible Web Application” which is packed with great accessibility tips for web developers and web designers. Examples from the web-accessible Easy Chirp application are included. Special thanks to John […]

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Fall Accessibility Camps

Coming up soon is the heart of the 2012 Accessibility Camp season. Here’s a great list of the events this fall. Please try to make an event as they are very fun as well as informative. I (Dennis) will most likely be at the LA event. Boston Accessibility Conference (#a11yBOS) September 15. Web Accessibility London Mini-Conference (#a11yLDN) […]

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business

5 Reasons Businesses Should Take Web Accessibility Seriously

Editorial guest blog by Philip J Reed, on behalf of Westwood College. Too many businesses make the mistake of dismissing web accessibility as irrelevant, but the assumption that accessibility issues concern only a small segment of would-be customers is a potentially profit-damaging misstep. Taking web accessibility seriously can save your business from major problems, some […]

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Easy ARIA from Marco

Here’s a great blog series on ARIA techniques from Marco Zehe (@MarcoInEnglish) of Mozilla. The content is well over a couple years old now, but still very relevant and useful. Goes to show how leading edge Marco and Mozilla are! Easy ARIA Tip #1: Using aria-required Easy ARIA Tip #2: aria-labelledby and aria-describedby Easy ARIA Tip […]

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Open Web Camp 4 another success!

Open Web Camp 4 took place last Saturday July 14, 2012. Turned out to be another great event organized by John Foliot (@JohnFoliot) of San Jose, California. This time, OWC was held at PayPal headquarters in San Jose (was held at Stanford the previous three years). Although the event covers different area of web development, […]