Category Archives: Browsers
Using label for phishing
Generally I delete phishing emails without a second glance, but this one caught my eye for being so realistic, and using a interesting method intended for accessibility to disguise a fraudulent link. Browser Zoom Comparison
There are several options available for increasing the apparent size of web pages, from simple increases in text size, to full screen magnification. Focusing on browsers, I’ll examine what options suit different people, and what implications this can have for web development.
Raising the bar of mobile browsing
Mobile browsing has been, frankly, rubbish so far. But now there are two new mobile browsers that confound the generally dire opinion of mobile browsers. Identifying text-only nodes with CSS
Floating ideas onto the CSS working group can be a frustrating experience, possibly almost as frustrating as seeing the same questions come up every few months! I take a look at why it would be useful to be able to identify text nodes. Accessible WYSIWYG editors part 1 – The problem
There is an elephant in the corner type of problem in the accessibilty world, that of WYSIWYG editors. In the first of a three part series, I outline this problem. The later posts will define what a solution would be, and see if it exists yet. Internet Explorer bashing
Some people need a history lesson. I'm not a Microsoft evangelist, but the anti-Internet Explorer comments are getting ridiculous. The following is why people should back off, for now. Firefox 2 beta released
Since November 2004 when Firefox 1.0 was release, it has become the main 'other' browser, stinging Microsoft into updating Internet Explorer. I try out the new version, running several installs separately so as not to ruin my current set up. CSS tables verses layout tables
It's been something that designers have wanted better control of ever since CSS started to be considered the best way to layout HTML pages: table style grids. A quick review of the options shows there could be a few drawbacks of the method. Subscription accessibility
At work a client received an email from someone asking why their site wasn't "speech enabled". This person said they were blind, and found the talking-browser product helpful, and why wasn't the site speech-enabled. Should it be?
Conditional comments in CSS