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Social Networking Expert - Expert Social Networking Information & Advice

Esgana — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:04:08 PDT

Making the Most Out of Social Networking Websites Do you belong to an online social networking website? With their recent rise in popularity there is a good chance that you do. However, it is one thing to be a community member and another to actually participate in online discussions, as well as the many other network features. That is why it is advised that you learn how to make the most out of your social networking experience.

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Tags: Social Networking Websites, online, website, FriendWise A Popular Social

Kayaking Advice - Kayaking Information & Advice

Esgana — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:56:48 PDT

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Tags: Kayaking. Advice, 'Kayak Rack', 'Kayak Storage', 'Kayak Tours', travel, trip, water, sea, boat

Accessibility Evaluators Aren’t Worthless - Accessites.org

MikeCherim — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:47:17 PDT

We accessibility tools can be very useful, just don't love them or hate them too much, but simply extract any value they can offer.

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Tags: accessibility, web, evaluation tools, validators, confirmation, use, value, warnings

Pragmatic Progressive Enhancement

digitarald — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:00:51 PDT

In this article I want to point out the reasons why progressive enhancement is a very clever way of developing software and give you some tips and tricks how to develop when it comes to applying it. I am a strong believer in progressive enhancement and had my fair share of criticism for it as a lot of people neither consider it a need nor an easy technique to apply — it is often seen as a unnecessary overhead rather than a safety precaution.

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Tags: presentation, accessibility, behaviours, javascript, pattern, web standards

Wait till I come! » Oh look, using Ajax in a stupid way is not a good idea?

digitarald — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:51:15 PDT

It is quite fascinating to me that the newest article on dev.opera.com entitled ‘Stop using Ajax!’ is such a big thing right now. Tweets, shared bookmarks and Google Reader items are pouring in and people seem to consider it an amazingly daring article. However, there is nothing shocking or daring or new about this.

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Tags: accessibility, web standards, hype

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

MikeCherim — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:49:20 PDT

The April 30th, 2008 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WACG 2) candidate recommendation... this could be it folks

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Tags: wcag 2, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, candidate recommendation, april 30 2008

Stop using Ajax! - Opera Developer Community

browneyes — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:07:36 PDT

"In summary, these are my points: 1. I'm not saying Ajax is bad, I'm saying it's immature 2. I'm not saying never use Ajax, I'm saying don't use it for the sake of it, and try to avoid it for now, instead sticking to accessible alternatives"

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Update on WebKit accessibility support (Re: WebKit release cycle and dep

adactio — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:30:01 PDT

The last piece is falling into place. IE8 has ARIA support, Mozilla has ARIA support ...and now WebKit is getting there. Excellent!

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Tags: accessibility, aria, wai-aria, webkit, safari, browsers, standards, w3c

Derek Featherstone – Real World Accessibility For Real World People | Web Directions

digitarald — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:19:26 PDT

When we follow the principles of web standards, we write valid HTML and CSS, unobtrusive JavaScript and follow WCAG and other accessibility guidelines. This simple act goes a long way to creating an accessible web site, application or service. At the same time, many sites that don’t utilize all that is good and wholesome about web standards perform surprisingly well when they are used by people with disabilities.

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Tags: accessibility, presentation, web standards

bn14aj - Google Maps

adactio — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:50:39 PDT

There is an undocumented feature in Google Maps: add "&output=html" to the URL to get the accessible, non-Ajax version.

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Tags: maps, mapping, google maps, accessibility

A List Apart: Articles: Accessible Data Visualization with Web Standards

vanderwal — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:04:03 PDT

Good tutorial on accessible data visualizations, but also a great how to on data visualizations

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Tags: chart, markup, data, design, graphing, infographics, howto, reference, visualization, web, webdesign, webstandards, accessibility

The John Slatin Fund Accessibility Project

apartness — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:39:58 PDT

Matches accessibility experts with companies that would like a brief review of their site for accessibility. In return, the site owner is asked to contribute a minimum of $500 to The John Slatin Fund. John was a wonderful man and a friend. This project will raise awareness of accessibility and help his wife Anna cover some of the expenses associated with his long illness. Spread the word.

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Tags: johnslatin, accessibility, fund, project, john slatin fund

Captioning Sucks!

joeclark — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:09:04 PDT

Because it *does*

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Tags: captioningSUCKS, captioning, closedcaptioning, openandclosed, openclosed, OC-Pro, accessibility, eight6, NoelJackson

Specifications, Standards, Guidelines and Recommendations - Accessites.org

MikeCherim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:14:35 PDT

Web accessibility standards or guidelines can sometimes conflict with Best Practice recommendations. Which one do you follow?

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Tags: standards, specifications, guidelines, recommendations, best practice

Views From a Screen Reader User - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:14:00 PDT

Based on one screen reader user, a lot of form elements and other abuses can be easily tolerated and survived, but a lot depends on user settings.

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Tags: screen readers, elements, semantics, fault tolerance, blind users, blind, web browser, ua, at, future-proofing

The Leukemia Letters: John passed away peacefully 10pm Mon, March 24

apartness — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:14:17 PDT

The world, and the web, have lost a wonderful man. Rest in peace, friend.

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Tags: johnslatin, accessibility, passedaway, RIP

Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » Acid3 Range Exception Test Fixed - WebKit hits 92/100

sjstrutt — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:32:03 PDT

...fixed Acid3 test 11, a test case of exception codes from Range.surroundContents. The fix involved changing the exception checking code at the start of the rather complex Range::surroundContents core DOM method. As you can see, this wasn’t a very complicated change.

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Tags: safari, web, web dev, browsers, browser, webkit, acid3

Juicy Studio: The AxsJAX Framework for ARIA

amessinger — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:06:56 PDT

A JS framework for inserting ARIA properties into web applications, for better accessibility with assistive software / devices.

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Tags: javascript, accessibility, web standards, web apps, frameworks, web development, tools

E-shop accessibility: from theory to reality (Juicy Studio)

amessinger — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:04:04 PDT

Guidelines for front-end and back-end accessibility of e-commerce sites.

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Tags: accessibility, web development, e-commerce, best practices, tutorial, tips, web standards, web apps, cms

Coding Horror: What's Wrong With Turkey?

seanosteen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:26:38 PDT

Jeff puts together some quick and dirty advice for testing, at least to a basic level, your software's input comparisons using the "Turkey Test"

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Tags: dev, localization

Law Office of Lainey Feingold

MikeCherim — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:34:00 PDT

This is an early WCAG 2.0 implementation site: The official web site of disability civil rights attorney Lainey Feingold who advocates disability rights through structured negotiations and settlement agreements.

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Tags: lf legal, lainey feingold, site, wcag 2.0, wcag implementation, example

Eddie Welker's Blog - Using the label element for form accessibility

edwelker — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:38:42 PDT

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Tags: access

IEBlog : Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8

MikeCherim — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:21:19 PST

We've decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously. Why Change? Microsoft recently published a set of Interoperability Principles . Thinking

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Tags: microsoft, ie8, standard-compliance

IEBlog : Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8

MikeCherim — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:20:56 PST

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Tags: microsoft, ie8, standard-compliance

Web Essentials 2005 - The Title attribute - what is it good for?

MikeCherim — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:43:56 PST

Extended information about using the title attribute

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Tags: html, accessibility, browsers, attirbutes, title attribute, title

The Four Principles of Web Accessibility - Beast-Blog.com

MikeCherim — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:25:35 PST

The WCAG 2.0 guidelines and Success Criteria are organized around four principles, which lay the foundation necessary for anyone to access and use Web content. Anyone who wants to use the Web must have content that is: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust. If any of these are not true, users with disabilities will not be able to use the web page.

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Tags: wcag 2.0, guidelines, success criteria, four principles, foundation of accessibility, content, perceivable, operable, understandable, robust, disabilities