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Podcast #92: Frustrated

Dennis vents about frustrations around web accessibility and revisit the “game plan”. He and Ross also discuss some great recent articles and review several upcoming web accessibility events. Download Web Axe Episode 92 (Frustrated) [Transcript of podcast 92] Sponsor: Help make a difference and join Project:Possibility: a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating open source software that […]

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Google Plus Keyboard Accessibility

Social media in general has major accessibility problems. Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook all certainly need improvement. Google’s latest attempt at social media, Google Plus, launched a short time ago. This time, Google says they “considered accessibility of Google+ from day 1“. Although it’s a much better attempt at accessibility than the ill-fated Google Wave, Google […]

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Web Accessibility-Related Jobs!

Here’s a great list of recent job listings (all but one in the U.S.) relating to web accessibility. Interactive PDF (Accessibility) Specialist needed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. User Interface Accessibilty Analyst, global entertainment & eCommerce company, Los Angeles, California. Accessibility Specialist at Kforce Technology Staffing in Wilmington, Delaware. User Experience Specialist Librarian at University of Michigan […]

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Now on Facebook

Web Axe is now on Facebook! If you’re on Facebook, please give me a “like”! I plan to post the best of the best there fairly regularly, but not too often (maybe every other day). I may even do a poll or two. Yea, I know it’s somewhat ironic, maybe even a bit hypocritical, that […]

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Easy Chirp

In cased you missed the news a few weeks ago, the web-accessible Twitter application “Accessible Twitter” changed its name to “Easy Chirp“. Here’s the original Web Overhauls press release. Nice to see the story made it to other PR and news sites including MyNewsDesk.com, PR.com, and Accessible Insights. Reasons for the change are explained in […]