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Intro to Web Accessibility Resources

For the new year, I thought it would be a good time to list some solid introductory Web Accessibility Resources. Accessibility fundamentals course by Microsoft Introduction to Web Accessibility by WebAIM (now in 10 languages!) Accessibility on MDN Web Accessibility for Newbies by Karina Chow (2021) Both removed. Accessibility basics from Dev.Opera. This great resource has […]

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Link Roundup – December 2010

Year In Review Links Podcast #87: Web Axe 2010 Year in Review WebAIM 2010 Year In Review W3C #Web #Accessibility Initiative (#WAI) Year in Review by @mediaaccessaus Review of top 3 blog posts by Peter Ganza (@pganza) Main Links Top 10 misconceptions about web accessibility Don’t Lose Your :focus from 24 Ways; how careless CSS […]

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Accessibility Toolkit on OneForty

I’ve created an Accessibility toolkit for accessibility-related Twitter applications on the website OneForty, a great directory of Twitter-related apps. A “toolkit” is a collection of apps with a theme in common. There are only four apps listed in my toolkit so far, so I’d surely welcome any suggestions. Note that the app must be listed […]

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Fixing Alt – If Web Browsers Were Celebrities

A humorous infographic was recently published and twittered about, If Web Browsers Were Celebrities (full image). I’ve noticed more than several of these in the last few months, and one big issue about them continues to nag me: there’s no sufficient alternative text! (Also a good case for the longdesc attribute!) So I decided to […]

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Response to Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts

A few nights ago, I submitted a comment to a recent article on Lifehacker, Navigate the New Twitter Like a Pro with Keyboard Shortcuts. My comment wasn’t approved. I also tweeted a reply about the article to @Scobleizer and Twitter employee @rsarver. Received no response there either. The article to which I was responding glamorizes […]