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Guidelines Updated for Swedish Public Web Sites

The Swedish Administrative Development Agency has released an updated version of the guidelines for Swedish public sector web sites. The document is used by public organizations when procuring new web sites as well as by developers as an aid in the development process. A summary of the guidelines in English is due in early 2007. […]

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Podcast #35: Usability and Accessibility Conference

Ross and I attended the Fourth Annual Usability and Accessibility Event on World Usability Day, November 14, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. This podcast covers the day’s events with our comments and conversations with various attendees. It’s a lot of fun! Download Web Axe Episode 35 (Usability and Accessibility Conference) Some folks […]

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Podcast #34: Design Considerations for Accessibility

Considerations for designing an accessible web site, including discussion on web site conventions, navigation, color, text, and layout. Download Web Axe Episode 34 (Design Considerations for Accessibility) [Transcript for Web Axe 34] Stick to Conventions Search upper right Global navigation across top Sub navigation on sides Icons Navigation Considerations Skip navigation Indicate visited pages, current […]

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The Open & Closed Project

In case you haven’t heard, Joe Clark is starting a research project called The Open & Closed Project. The micropatronage page is here. The goal of the project is: to write a set of standards for the four fields of accessible media – captioning, audio description, subtitling, and dubbing A set standards for accessible media […]

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Accessibility Statements

There has been some blog discussion recently on whether or not a web site should provide an accessibility statement. You know, the small text link on the site that says “site accessibility” or “AAA compliant”. It seems that fear of being sued and trendiness have been the main reasons for accessibility statement pages on many […]