In 2012, I resolve to think more broadly about who visits my websites. One group of users that often gets slighted, even by designers who are otherwise accessibility-conscious, is individuals who have difficulty perceiving or processing dark text on a light background. All major desktop operating systems, and some mobile operating systems, include optional high […]
One of the earliest solutions in all of web accessibility was the “skip to main content” link, a same page link at the top of the page that enables users to skip past navigation links and go straight to the main content of the web page. Despite the fact that these links have been in […]
That is the question. I actually went several years with full beard. Since then, I’ve tried repeatedly to grow it back but can never quite get over the hump. This post is my way of motivating myself to stick with it, at least until Christmas so I can pretend to be Santa. Reasons To Beard […]
I’m doing some final prep today for my sessions at Accessing Higher Ground. One of these sessions will be highly interactive, and at one point I want to collect ideas from participants as to what they feel constitutes an effective information technology accessibility policy. As they come up with good ideas, I want to record […]
Gosh, it’s been aeons since I updated this blog. Today I dusted, swept, and mopped it. It now has a new look, partly because I was tired of the old, but also because I wanted to be more consistent with my technology blog, and with my home page. In my previous post, I mentioned that […]