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Keyboard Accessibility from Lauke

Patrick Lauke’s keyboard accessibility presentation at Future of Web Design Tour 2009 in Glasgow. September 14. Keyboard accessibility – basic steps towards a more usable and accessible site. Keyboard Access for Google Map

  • If you style :hover, also :focus and :active.
  • Don’t suppress outline completely (reintroduce :focus and suppress :active).
  • Leave tabindex alone – source order.
  • JavaScript on hover (mouseover/mouseout) also on focus/blur (if focusable element).
  • Lightboxes have issues.
  • Only attach behaviour to focusable elements.

MORE:
Keyboard-accessible Google Maps
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/

Enhanced Keyboard-accessible Google Maps
http://learningtheworld.eu/2009/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/

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Two Free Events in October

Here’s the info on two free web accessibility events in Washington D.C. this October. Thanks to Jennison Asuncion.

Interagency Disability Educational Awareness Showcase (IDEAS) – IDEAS 2009
October 5-6 Marvin Center, George Washington University.
For anyone who wants to learn more about and network with folks who
need to meet Section 508 requirements.

Accessibility Camp D.C.
October 10 at the Martin Luther King Library.
Day-long barcamp for folks who work or have an interest in IT accessibility.

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administrative podcast

4-Year Anniversary

Web Axe has been blogging and podcasting for over four years now! Since September 2005, Dennis Lembree has been contributing to the web accessibility community with blogs and podcasts about techniques, news, and events around development of accessible web sites. Dennis started Web Axe as a member of the Detroit Podcasters Network. Co-host Ross Johnson of 3.7 Designs joined the following year. Dennis and Ross are also the co-founders of Refresh Detroit. The site continues to grow in popularity, and the number of RSS subscribers has doubled over the last year. Thank you readers and listeners!

PS:
Coming soon, a great interview podcast!

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Web Accessibility Day

Web Accessibility Day is Tuesday, September 22 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. It’s a a one-day event teaching how to create web accessible content including PDFs and graphics, and how to use evaluation tools.

The keynote speaker is Shawn Lawton Henry, Outreach Coordinator for the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Exhibitors include: Oracle, Knowbility, Nuance Communications, and Browse Aloud.

Web Accessibility Day is presented by The National Federation of the Blind and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program. Support for the Web Accessibility Training Day is provided by the State of Maryland Deparment of Information Technology.

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ACCESS-IT Workshops and Awards

ACCESS-IT 2009 is a two-day event on Accessibility and Assistive Technology to be held September 22 and 23 at Microsoft (UK), Victoria, London. The event includes two workshops and an awards ceremony. It is hosted by Microsoft and will be located at its Cardinal Place location in Central London. You may register for ACCESS-IT 2009 at any time.

The ACCESS-IT 2009 Awards program honors accessible technologies from a project, product or service in the following four categories: Home, Work, Living, Web 2.0. About 100 nominations have been submitted from 24 countries; there are 19 finalists and 44 have received a good practice label.

Accessible Twitter has been named a finalist! All finalists will be rewarded at the ACCESS-IT 2009 event ceremony September 23.