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conference event review

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, […]

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design forms html5 label

Placeholder Attribute Is Not A Label!

Just so we’re all clear on this, the HTML5 placeholder attribute in a text input is not a replacement for the label element. Period. The placeholder should only be used as a brief example of the text to be entered. Besides inconsistent support for screen readers, using a placeholder as an input label can create […]

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usability

The Usability Principles, Accessibility Style

Steve Grobschmidt (@AquinasWI) recently blogged a three-part series titled The Usability Principles, Accessibility Style. Using Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics as a guideline, Steve discusses the principles and then explains how they each relate to accessibility. Great stuff! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The 10 principles discussed are: Visibility of system status Match between system and the real […]

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gaad

Reflecting on GAAD

[A guest post by Jennison Asuncion (@Jennison), co-founder of GAAD] On May 9, people from around the world took part in public events, hands-on experiences, and other activities to mark the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Conceived by Joe Devon, the idea started because Joe, as a developer, and not someone who knew much […]

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jobs

Web Accessibility Jobs, April 2012

Great opportunities in US, UK, and Australia! Accessibility gurus at Nomensa seek Django/Python Developer for their Bristol, UK office. Intuit seeks a Sr. Accessibility Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA. NIH seeks a Section 508 QA. Send resume to Mikhail Seidov at mseidov at ezsc-usa dot com or go to listings. Web Accessibility Consultant wanted […]