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2009 February 22 • accessibility, resourcesSection 508
article: Wades through the jargon and delivers the tips you need to ensure the websites you build are compliant with the federal laws and guidelines for web accessibility.
[credit: SitePoint.com]
Report on Accessibility
report: Nielsen Norman Group 148 page PDF Report on Accessibility, Beyond ALT Text: Making the Web Easy to Use for Users With Disabilities, is now available for Free.
[credit: Web Design Blog]
Choosing an Accessible CMS
report: Research by The Centre of Inclusive Technology to see how several popular content management systems stack up when it comes to support for accessibility.
[credit: Max Design]
Advanced Accessibility Techniques
article: "If you think the W3C guidelines are your ticket to an accessible site, think again! While the W3C guidelines are important, if you want your web site to be truly accessible, you'll need to venture beyond these guidelines.
2005 April 7 • accessibility, resourcesaccess-matters.com
website: New accessibility site devoted to best practices.
[credit: Web Teacher]
Design For Accessibility
presentation: On accessibility including lecture notes in an S5 format.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]
What Is Web Accessibility?
article: A short but excellent article that includes a lot of useful links to more information about how to make websites accessible.
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Color Contrast Check Tool
tool: JavaScript-based tool lets you check colors for accessibility, comes with sliders and a live preview.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]
Accessible Flash
article: Creating Accessible Macromedia Flash Content is a tutorial by Jared Smith, Director of Education Initiatives at WebAIM. The article explains the accessibility problems associated with content embedded in Flash files, and suggests ways to make such content as accessible as possible.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]
Accessibility: On a shoe-string
article: Tips for checking website accessibility.
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Accessibility: Panning for gold
article: Thoughts on accessibility and the use of automated checking tools.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]
Accessible and Usable Forms
guidelines: A set of guidelines and examples that help you create Accessible & usable forms. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 November 23 • accessibility, code, resourcesData tables
article: How tables should be used when marking up tabular data. [credit: TiKouka]
2004 November 14 • accessibilityPDF and accessibility
article: The current state of PDF document accessibility. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 October 26 • accessibilityQuick and dirty introduction to accessibility
presentation: Accessibility is about building pages that can be navigated and read by everyone, regardless of disability, location, experience or technology. [credit: InfoDesignn]
2004 October 15 • accessibilityCreating Accessible Macromedia Flash Content
article: An in-depth look at how to make Flash movies accessible. [credit:elearningpost]
2004 September 26 • accessibility, web standardsFAQ: standard markup and accessibility
faq: Beginners questions and answers about standard markup and accessiblity.
2004 September 12 • accessibility, design, usabilityDynamic Elements
article: Explains why hiding and showing elements as a result of user interaction can reduce both usability and accessibility. Article explains the accessibility problems that are common in designs that hide and show elements. [credit: 456 Berea Street]
2004 September 12 • accessibility, e-mail, usability, writingText Email Newsletter Standard
proposed standard: TEN for short, this is a new standard being formed for text email newsletters. It is designed to increase usability and accessibility of plain text email newsletters. [credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 September 12 • accessibilityUniversal Accessibility
slide presentation on the adoption of Web Standards to cater for accessibility issues. [credit: elearningpost]