Category Archives: Accessibility
Use case for high-DPI zoom
In PPK's much needed research into how browsers handle media queries, he suggests that there isn't a use case for increasing the DPI when zooming in. I think I have one.
Browser zoom great for accessibility
A reply to recent posts about text-sizing being necessary, and outlining why responsive design works better with zoom. Zooming bug in Webkit
I've noticed a bug in Webkit browsers that impacts accessibility: Zooming in does not trigger media queries. Responsive design techniques can really help people who zoom in with their browser, but not in Chrome or Safari at the moment. HTML5 and WAI-ARIA
I've recently been struck by a parallel: the differences between usability and accessibility are very similar to the differences between writing the HTML5 spec and covering accessibility requirements. Perhaps that can help explain the friction, and why WAI-ARIA is needed.
SharePoint 2010 Accessibility Event
The "UK Accessibility Roundtable for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010", a HiSoftware event at Microsoft's offices in London Victoria. The day revolved around several demos of SharePoint 2010 and Compliance Sheriff, and was fleshed it out with some quite good accessibility information. These are my notes on the event, with a lot of interspersed commentary. ARIAs with Flash, Flex, and AIR
I.e. Accessible Rich Internet Applications with Flash, Flex & Air. This presentation by Andrew Kirkpatrick took us through some of the technologies available, with a special eye on the accessibility possibilities and things you need to watch out for. Techshare Keynote – Richard Schwerdtfeger
I'm putting up my notes from the talks I saw at Techshare 2009, and Richard Schwerdtfeger's was the first. An unimportant hole in Section 508?
Mike Paciello recently pointed to an article that
says Section 508 inefficient for CMS and web development tools. This matches what I would expect, however, I discovered the article has it the opposite way round.
Is accessibility actually usability?
A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of speaking at the first seminiar on usability in Bulgaria. A great thanks to the people at .net and Lucrat in Bulgaria, it was a great event with great hosts. It was also great to see & meet Peter Merholz, having …
.net standards champion
I was pleased (and rather surprised) to be nominated for “standards champion” in the .net awards. The thing is, the competition is, um, quite fierce! I’m up against the W3C, Mozilla, and some of the best known names in the business (like Zeldman). So I’m not picking out a …