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2005 March 31 • tools

I Like Your Colors!

tool: Type the URL of a page … and submit it to see what colors it uses…
[credit: xBlog]

2005 February 28 • resources, tools

FontEditor BitfontMaker

resource: An online bitmap font editor/creator that works on Windows and Macs.
[credit: xBlog:]

2005 February 28 • tools

Pixelfonts

fonts: Use Pixelfonts for better screen legibility. Fonts designed for print in small sizes don't look good on computer screens.

2005 February 20 • resources, tools

Google Maps

maps: By Google, done right.

2005 January 22 • tools

Color Contrast Check

tool: Allows you to specify a foreground and a background colour and to determine if they provide enough of a contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen.
[credit: Blog-Fu]

2005 January 22 • tools

Color Scheme Generator 2

tool: Helps you create balanced color schemes and see what they look like to people with various colour vision deficiencies.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]

2005 January 16 • accessibility, resources, tools

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]

2004 December 12 • accessibility, resources, tools

Accessibility: On a shoe-string

article: Tips for checking website accessibility.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]

2004 December 9 • tools, usability

Usability Guidelines From MIT

tool: The MIT Information Services and Technologies office provides an excellent starting point for anyone needing to test, evaluate, analyze or assess the effective usability/accessibility of a Web site.
[credit: Testing]

2004 December 7 • accessibility, tools

Accessibility: Panning for gold

article: Thoughts on accessibility and the use of automated checking tools.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]

2004 November 28 • resources, tools, writing

Readable Pages

tool: Part of making a website accessible is to use plain language. Get the readability score of any website by using this free online tool. Measures: Kincaid, ARI, Coleman-Liau, Flesch, Fog, Lix. Check average sentence length and many other statistics.
[credit: Writing for the Web]

2004 November 25 • tools

AuditMyPC.com

tool: Free online security audit. Tests Firewall, Spyware Removal, Internet Privacy, and Popup Blocking.

2004 November 25 • tools

FeedFire.com

tool: FeedFire will take virtually any web site and convert it into a RSS feed, suitable for use in web pages or RSS news readers. [credit: Library Stuff]

2004 November 25 • tools

Popup Blocker Test

tool: How well does your browser do?  

2004 October 28 • resources, tools

UITest.com

website: An interesting new site that makes it easy to check a site against a dozen or more validators, including:validity, accessibility (including WAI, section 508 and colourblindness) and link checking. [credit: eGovernment Resource Centre]

2004 October 26 • resources, tools, web standards

A Basic Primer in Using S5

article: S5 is a simple standards based browser presentation tool.

2004 October 26 • blogs, tools

Why Every Site Needs RSS

article: Includes links to how to create your own RSS feed. [credit: debbie's blog]

2004 October 17 • tools

Color synthAxis

tool: From the introduction "A free online tool designed to simplify the nightmare of color scheme selection. It looks complex, but after a few minutes you won't be able to live without it."

2004 October 17 • ccs, tools

S5 slideshow

tool: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System, based entirely on XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. With one file, you can run a complete slide show and have a printer-friendly version as well. [credit: TiKouka]

2004 October 15 • ia, tools

Card sorting tools

list: A summary of currently-available card sorting tools. [credit: Column Two]