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ajax webaim

AJAX Hype?

Yes, AJAX is very cool. This is a newer combination of technologies that allows instant, more interactive web content through communication between client and server without refreshing a page (GoogleMaps is most common example). But this can only work if the user agent (a.k.a. browser) has Javascript enabled and can handle XMLHttpRequest. There are also usability issues, such as the user not being aware of automatic content and formatting changes. What are your thoughts? Experiences?

Check out this great article on the subject from WebAim on the subject:
Accessibility of AJAX Application

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podcast semantic text web webaim

Text, text, text!

Topics include proper use of HTML tags, such as headings, quotes, lists, and some lesser-known tags, such as and

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Download Web Axe Episode 12

Links:

Code:

My Web Page


not

My Web Page

I really like tacos.


not

I really like tacos.

As Harry S. Truman said, The buck stops here.

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podcast testing web webaim

Testing for Accessibility

So, you’ve done all you can to make your site fully accessible. And now you have to test it! There are many different methods and opinions of what the best way is, as Dennis explains, and auto-checker applications are only a small piece of the pie.

Download Web Axe Episode 8

Great tools for testing web accessibility:

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