http://smiffysplace.com/accessibility RSS Feed for Smiffy's Place: posts filed under category accessibility en (C) Copyright 2001-2010 Matthew Steven Smith All Rights Reserved Matthew Smith http://smiffysplace.com/blue-hat-for-a-blue-day Smiffy's Twitter avatar gains a blue hat - nothing to do with Nick Heyward, everything to do with web standards and social inclusion. Smiffy 2009-11-30+09:30 Accessibility;Social Inclusion;Social Networking;adaptability;social media;social networking http://smiffysplace.com/accessible-twitter-accessible-tweets The Twitter web application leaves much to be desired from a usability/accessibility standpoint. However, the API allows others to provide alternative interfaces, such as Accessible Twitter. But just how accessible is the actual information conveyed in Twitter messages (tweets?) Smiffy 2009-04-03+09:30 Accessibility;Social Networking;adaptability;social media;social networking http://smiffysplace.com/max-design-css-and-accessibility-workshop-series-may-2009 A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert,Russ Weakley being run in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane. Smiffy 2009-02-23+09:30 Accessibility;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/web-accessibility-techniques-workshop-in-adelaide-on-20-november-2008 Vision Australia is running their popular Web Accessibility Techniques workshop in Adelaide on 20 November 2008. Smiffy 2008-10-29+09:30 Accessibility;Social Inclusion;Software;Technical;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/paralympics-new-zealand-one-for-the-rogues-gallery If any organisation should be aware of accessibility issues, a national Paralympics organisation should be. At the time of writing, the web site of Paralympics NZ is a disgrace. Smiffy 2008-06-05+09:30 Accessibility;Accessibility Rogues Gallery;Social Inclusion;accessibility;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/dilbert-goes-inaccessible A new version of dilbert.com is launched - it is not good, accessibility/usability having become worse and thus judged worthy of a mention in my Accessibility Rogues' Gallery. Smiffy 2008-04-20+09:30 Accessibility;Accessibility Rogues Gallery;Visual Arts;accessibility;adaptability;art;cartoon;cartoons;design;funny;graphic;graphics;humor;humour;office;phb;pointy haired boss;satire;visual art http://smiffysplace.com/am-i-too-slow This article tells how the accessibility and usability of web content may be impacted by speed issue from various causes. The article goes on to explain how speed may be measured or estimated and how the various causes may be addressed. Presented as content for the February Newsletter of the Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS). Smiffy 2008-02-08+09:30 Accept-Encoding;Accessibility;Apache;C;PHP;Perl;Technical;adaptability;bandwidth;cache;caching;compress;data compression;gzip;mobile devices;mobile web;rich media;scripting languages;speed;web content http://smiffysplace.com/reading-difficulties-not-getting-the-points Smiffy ponders why some books are harder to read than others, makes some comparisons and is surprised at the results. Smiffy 2008-01-09+09:30 Accessibility;Books and Literature;adaptability;arts;eyesight;literacy;literature;publications;vision http://smiffysplace.com/beyond-alt-text-the-nielsen-norman-report-for-free Nielsen Norman Group releases its report 'Beyond ALT Text' for free. Smiffy 2007-12-22+09:30 Accessibility;Blogathon07;Social Inclusion;Technical;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/metadata-meta-tags-meta-what Article for the GAWDS newsletter clarifying the differences between metadata and meta tags and what the two are actually for. Smiffy 2007-08-14+09:30 Accessibility;Dublin Core;HTML;Technical;XHTML;adaptability;metadata;namespace;scheme http://smiffysplace.com/new-version-of-functional-accessibility-evaluator-released The Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has released a new version of its online Web Accessibility Evaluation tool. Smiffy 2007-05-04+09:30 Accessibility;Software;Technical;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/badd-2007 Blogging Against Disablism Day is on the first of May. Smiffy 2007-04-20+09:30 Accessibility;Against Disablism;Social Inclusion;accessibility;adaptability;disablism;discrimination;social inclusion http://smiffysplace.com/accessible-tag-clouds A look at an example PHP programme as a means of producing an XHTML weighted list, both in the form of a 'Tag Cloud', where the information is ordered alphabetically and weight is given by visual styling and as a 'Tag Wedge' where a styled ordered list is used to convey the information in a more semantic manner. Smiffy 2007-03-31+09:30 Accessibility;Software;Technical;Web;adaptability;semantics;tag cloud;tag wedge http://smiffysplace.com/saying-whoops-nicely An ever-growing amount of Web content is being generated dynamically. With this increased use of software comes an increased number of errors and error messages - things that should not be on public display. This article suggests better things to say when things go wrong. Smiffy 2007-03-27+09:30 Accessibility;Software;Technical;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/good-english-poor-accessibility It may be time to re-evaluate what we were taught in school about Good English - following the rules may make our writings less accessible. Smiffy 2007-03-15+09:30 Accessibility;Social Inclusion;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/dublin-core-for-drupal A new site is created for Smiffy's Dublin Core for Drupal project. Smiffy 2007-03-09+09:30 Accessibility;CMS;Software;Technical;adaptability;content management;metadata http://smiffysplace.com/web-accessibility-a-small-part-of-a-jigsaw Article on how Web Accessibility is part of Accessibility as a whole. Smiffy 2007-02-21+09:30 Accessibility;Social Inclusion;adaptability;usability;web design http://smiffysplace.com/smiffycms-toolkit PHP, MySQL toolkit for producing an accessible content management system (CMS). Smiffy 2006-12-15+09:30 Accessibility;CMS;MySQL;PHP;Software;Technical;adaptability http://smiffysplace.com/ozewai-2006 At the 2006 OzeWAI conference, by telepresence. Smiffy 2006-11-29+09:30 Accessibility;Social Inclusion;Technical;W3C;WAI;WCAG;accessibility;adaptability;adaptibility;presentation http://smiffysplace.com/different-accessibility-issues-with-web-content A discussion of Web accessibility issues suffered by those with fatigue problems. Smiffy 2006-11-06+09:30 Accessibility;CFS;Personal;Social Inclusion;adaptability;chronic fatigue;tired http://smiffysplace.com/seagate-contribution-to-the-rogues-gallery A product page on disc manufacturer Seagate's, shows very poor accessibility accessibility practice, requiring use of specific fonts. Smiffy 2006-10-30+09:30 Accessibility;Accessibility Rogues Gallery;accessibility;adaptability;font;hard disk;hard drive;inaccessible http://smiffysplace.com/caughtya_name_and_shame A look at caughtya.org, a name-and-shame site for those who abuse disabled parking spaces. Smiffy 2006-07-28+09:30 Accessibility;Accessibility Rogues Gallery;Against Disablism;Commentaria;Social Inclusion;accessibility;adaptability;commentary;current affairs;disabled;disablism;discrimination;mobility;news;parking;social inclusion http://smiffysplace.com/another-php-comment-despamming-technique Another simple suggestion for reducing comment spam. Smiffy 2006-05-04+09:30 Accessibility;CAPTCHA;PHP;Social Inclusion;Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;adaptability;annoyances;blog;blogging;comment spam;nuisance;spam;ucbe http://smiffysplace.com/the-invisible-eagle-eye-cam A very popular webcam site - and quite inaccessible. Smiffy 2006-05-04+09:30 Accessibility;Social Inclusion;Software;Technical;accessibility;adaptability;webcam http://smiffysplace.com/php-text-captcha Suggestion for a text-based CAPTCHA method, written in Perl and adapted for PHP. Smiffy 2006-05-03+09:30 Accessibility;CAPTCHA;PHP;Perl;Social Inclusion;Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;adaptability;annoyances;nuisance;spam;ucbe