Category Archives: Accessibility
Subscription accessibility update
Back in 2006 I posted about 'subscription accessibility', where sites have to pay to enable accessibility features for users. It came up with a different service so I thought it worth re-considering.
Zoom for fixed and responsive sites
I also considered calling this "Why zoom sucks on mobile", as that is the biggest issue with zooming & web development.
To understand why I'll walk through the different ways zoom works on desktop and mobile.
ReCAPTCHA updated to no-CAPTCHA
Interesting post from Google on their update for reCAPTCHA, where they are replacing the current CAPTCHA method.
CSUN 2014 round-up
This was my first CSUN conference and it was a very enjoyable, if very tiring event. Having posted quite a few sets of notes from the sessions, I though an overview of the resources and experience would be helpful.
CSUN: Accessibility in an Agile World
Amy Chen, Olga Sokolova and Beth Bemis talk about how they incorporate accessibility into the agile process at Workday.
CSUN: Mobile Testing With the Viking & the Lumberjack
Billy Gregory and Karl Groves talk about demystifying and simplifying mobile testing with live demonstrations and straightforward techniques. CSUN: WCAG evaluation methodology
Shadi Abou-Zahra and Eric Velleman spoke about the "Website accessibility conformance evaluation methodology" (WCAG-EM), i.e. how you test an entire website for accessibility.
CSUN: Crowdsourcing the Accessibility Awareness Problem
Presentation from Sassy Outwater with Billy Gregory and Sina Bahram on content creator awareness of accessibility practices, and how crowdsourcing might be the answer.
CSUN: The anatomy of an accessible app
Henny Swan talks about the BBC's approach to creating a recent mobile application. CSUN: Accessibility theory vs implementation reality
Lessons learned from a project by Hans Hillen and Jennifer Gauvreau, what should have worked that didn't! Lots of JAWs/IE bugs and how they got around them.