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 […]
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 […]
I’m working today on an update to our Web Design and Development I high school course curriculum. One of the lessons asks students to review three versions of the HTML specification (HTML 1.2, HTML 4.01, and HTML5) and discuss their impressions of the specs and how they’ve evolved over time. If you create web pages […]