Ma.gnolia: All Discussions in Accessible Web Developers

New post by Mike Cherim in "Please Report Spam"

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:18:29 GMT

At Jun 29, 10:18 AM Mike said...

This is an excellent group with an impressive collection of quality web accessibility-related bookmarks. Good work in spreading the word and helping all of us stay abreast folks. It's a good group and I want to keep it that way. But I need some help.

If you see spammy bookmarks posted to this group, please send me a message via the site's mail system. Please report the offending tag(s), bookmark(s), and user(s).

Today there were some "kayaking" tags so I investigated and determined they were indeed spam, so I removed the bookmarks (which removed the tags), and I banned the user from the group. There may be others in very limited numbers but after a continued search I can't be sure. We don't have a huge spam problem here thankfully.

Lending me your eyes will be to the benefit of the whole group and thus indirectly to web accessibility education, so your small effort will do a lot of good. Want to do more? Perhaps the group could use a moderator. Any volunteers?

Thanks.
Mike

New post by Mike Cherim in "Open new window : warn the user"

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:50:09 GMT

At Jun 29, 09:50 AM Mike said...

You're better off with an image because the alt text will more likely be read than that of the title attribute's text. Better yet, though, allow users to decide by either teaching them how to open links in a new window if they want, or add a script that let's them choose it as a preference.

Users can opt-in if you leave it up to them, but if you decide for them they can't opt-out.

New post by naudjf in "Open new window : warn the user"

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:10:31 GMT

At Jan 12, 03:10 AM said...

Hi,

I know how to do that with a text link :
- either I put "[new window]" at the end of the label of my link
- either I add a title on the link : it will contain the exact label of my link + "[new window]"

What happens if my text link becomes an image (img tag) ?

New post by James Harrison in "Iframes and accessibility"

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:44:30 GMT

At Jan 03, 10:44 PM James said...

I'm not sure exactly what an iframe is. Could anyone tell me. I manage this website http://www.ashleylavelle.com and I wanted to know if anyone could tell me if this framed site is just a framed site or an iframed site. thanks.

New post by Mike Cherim in "New Group Icon"

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:08:13 GMT

At Nov 25, 09:08 PM Mike said...

I decided on an icon that better captured web accessibility. You like?

New post by Mike Cherim in "Let's get the web's code fixed"

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:13:59 GMT

At Apr 13, 11:13 PM Mike said...

Hello group:

I want to start a movement and need your help. I want to try and get code providers, PayPal, etc. to update their code/markup and make it valid and accessible, and available in both XHTML and HTML where applicable.

We shouldn't have to fix it, it'd be beneficial to all parties concerned, and those who don't know web development at all wouldn't care just as they currently don't.

One small fix at PayPal, for example, could positively affect thousands of sites as webmasters plug-n-play that junk without fixing it. If 80% of the possible providers updated their markup it'd be a boon to the web.

What I'd like you to do is blog about it and encourage others to do the same. I have but one small voice in Internet land, but together I bet we could make quite a roar.

Here's my contribution to the cause:

Stop Writing Garbage Code, Please
http://green-beast.com/blog/?p=168

New post by Mike Cherim in "WCAG 2"

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:31:16 GMT

At Feb 07, 02:31 PM Mike said...

Pretty appalling when the accessibility guidelines aren't very accessible or usable. I have attempted to read them but it was just waaay too much. It blew my mind, figuratively speaking of course.

I have decided to wait for the movie to come out.

New post by Elsa Bartley in "WCAG 2"

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:18:32 GMT

At Jan 26, 08:18 AM Elsa said...

OK so what's with the next version on the WCAG? Will the W3C please wake up and smell the coffee, this is going to do nothing for improving accessibility. The first set of guidelines were pretty bad and are now completely out of date, but to replace them with even more overly complex guidelines that basicaly allow you to choose to be inaccessible. What the....?

Accessibility is much more than WCAG, but it would have been nice to see some improvement in this area. I can only hope that the confusing nature of WCAG 2 will cause more people to choose to test with end users, rather than try to rely on inadequate guidelines.

New post by Mike Cherim in "Iframes and accessibility"

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:16:24 GMT

At Dec 15, 07:16 AM Mike said...

I don't think iframes are particularly accessible, but I have never used them and thus haven't really studied up on them. Maybe, though, they can be avoided altogether. This article will point you in the right direction: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200612/dump_iframes_and_use_object_elements_instead/

New post by aiellici in "Iframes and accessibility"

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:35:41 GMT

At Dec 14, 11:35 AM said...

Do you think I could use iframes in an accessible website?

New post by Mike Cherim in "Thanks for being there"

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:09:15 GMT

At Aug 21, 06:09 AM Mike said...

A heartfelt thank you goes to the members of this group. Because of you and people like you, the web is getting to be a friendlier, more accessible place. Good job!