Re: [WSG] Matthew J Robinson is out of the office.

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Re: [WSG] accessibilty: avoid radio buttons?

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Re: [WSG] Accessibility Testing

Hi, It's worth looking at what W3C has to say - see http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/Overview.html - but it depends what your goals are. Do you want to pick up as many code-level issues as possible or undertake a conformance check in accordance with the WCAG 2.0 standard? Cheers, Andrew Andrew

Re: [WSG] Accessibility Testing

There's a range of code level checker options available as add ons for FF, and some web based options. Andrew Boyd faci...@gmail.com http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss On 25/06/2011, at 8:36 AM, Jim Croft jim.cr...@gmail.com wrote: The Visionaustralia accessibility toolbar

Re: [WSG] screen reader friendly and keyboard accessible popup?

. Is the problem that the link text is read twice to the screen reader user? And just out of interest, which screen reader were they using? Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss *** List

Re: [WSG] accessibility: government

/better-practice-and-collaboration/better-practice-checklists/index.html Others may wish to add to the list above. Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http

Re: [WSG] OT: Dominos Pizza - Looking for someone who's worked there

...and if anyone knows who designed the dominos.com.au online ordering system, please let me know. I'd like to have a quiet word with them :) Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd faci...@gmail.com http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss On 16/06/2009, at 10:51 AM, Mike Kear w

Re: [WSG] RE: [BULK] WSG Digest

, Twice the Excitement! http://barcamp.org/BarCampCanberra2 Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxaustralia.com.au -- UX Australia Conference Canberra 2009 http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss http://govux.org -- the government user experience forum http://resilientnationaustralia.org

Re: [WSG] HTML 5 and XHTML 2 combined

not occur in my lifetime. Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://uxcommunity.org -- User Experience Community http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] Who are the Away on leave Notices from? THREAD CLOSED, THREAD CLOSED, THREAD CLOSED!

And I'll bring the beer! :) Sent from my iPhone. On 06/11/2008, at 8:53 PM, 8bits Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russ, Will you be bringing a cake? Nick. On 6 Nov 2008, at 21:44, russ - maxdesign wrote: If there are any more posts to this thread I will have to come to your

Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information

pushing. What will that mean to those of us who may have advised on accessibility for government clients in the past? Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail

Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information

up in the middle ground. I am interested in hearing peoples thoughts on this one. Is it a human right or...? [disclosure: no offense intended] Cheers, On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Andrew Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben, AGIMO publishes guidelines that cover some of what you asked

Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information

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Re: [WSG] Re: Searching for standards information

to end up in the middle ground. I am interested in hearing peoples thoughts on this one. Is it a human right or...? [disclosure: no offense intended] Cheers, On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Andrew Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben, AGIMO publishes guidelines that cover some of what

[WSG] Canberra IA Cocktail Hour Tonight: Speaker running late so we're doing navigation

Folks, apologies for the late notice - our speaker has had his flight canceled in Sydney - we're proposing a roundtable on navigation instead - he may be able to join us still for dinner. Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au

Re: [WSG] Google chrome... Coming very soon... [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Re: [WSG] Lawsuits for inaccessible websites

by individual government bodies - I think it is fair to say that accessibility standards in Australia aren't (standard). Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org

Re: [WSG] Lawsuits for inaccessible websites

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Re: [WSG] iphone should not be part of your url

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Matthew Pennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Andrew Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't see what difference it makes - if someone chooses to create a mobile-device-friendly version of their site and publish it under a separate

Re: [WSG] iphone should not be part of your url

) then that is probably their business. We may laugh at them, but the average user will probably appreciate a positive match to a show me restaurants in Timbuktu with iPhone-friendly sites search. Of course, your mileage may vary. Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au

[WSG] Re: [canberra_ia_community] Is RTF accessible?

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Re: [WSG] PHP Standards

is another. If I could make a small plug on behalf of the latter - please people, take the time to document your code properly. The life/job/sanity you save may be your own. Best regards, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au

Re: [WSG] a list apart expired

.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM Karma... one word, just... karma. Cheers, Andrew -- --- Andrew Boyd http://onblogging.com.au *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join

Standards slipping (was RE: [WSG] USERS - was [Why is u deprecated?]

is quite informative. Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.com SMS Management Technology (SMS) [ASX:SMX

RE: [WSG] restricting width in the body tag

Chris, it is all design. This list is (in my observation) more about standards-compliant design than it is about the standards themselves. Some of it is tag-level accessibility, some of it about wider user experience issues. But it is all design. Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS

RE: [WSG] restricting width in the body tag

-aligned treatments. I think a good basic rule of thumb is to make screen elements float-y wherever possible without getting in the way of the user's right to set their text size themselves. Best regards, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61

RE: [WSG] IE8 news - stats

John, most of the IE6 users I know are not thieves, they are clients that use IE6 as part of their SOE. One organisation alone has several thousand IE6 users. They do not choose their browser, nor their O/S. Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T

RE: [WSG] Links are not hot in ie8

. Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.comhttps://magellan.smsmt.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL

RE: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

. Moderaptor call I guess :) Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.comhttps://magellan.smsmt.com

RE: [WSG] SEO, fact or fiction

- and if that is not what web standards are trying to guarantee, then I'm not sure what they are :) Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609

RE: [WSG] Electronic forms building software

regards, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.com SMS Management Technology (SMS) [ASX:SMX] is Australia's largest

RE: [WSG] Electronic forms building software

will leave this to her to confirm :) Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.com SMS Management Technology (SMS

RE: [WSG] Windows on a Mac

Chris Broadfoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both of them provide seamless (as much as it can be) integration between OSX and Windows, however if you run Bootcamp, you'll be booted into Windows and need a restart to get back into OSX. Hi, probably getting a little offtopic, and certainly too

RE: [WSG] Changes to websites

know that there have been some forward-thinking souls considering the implications of this for the best part of 12 months now. It will be interesting to see what happens next. Best regards, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

a browse facet based on the organisational structure helpful, it doesn't mean that it should be removed. Org structure shouldn't be the only browse facet, sure, but it can be one of them. Best regards, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F

RE: [WSG] Re: worst site I've seen lately

rather than our idea of what communication should be (rather like art in that respect), and accordingly - we tread a fine line when dictating best practices to others. Sometimes they are appropriate, and at other times, they can be so prescriptive as to be useless. Best regards, Andrew Andrew

RE: A: [WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

My suggestion is that rather than cars it should have something to do with cats saying Can I haz agsessibillitee? :) Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella

RE: [WSG] How many of us are public and how many private?

Hi, I am currently Canberra-based and tend to more government than corporate work - I think that this is just the nature of the local market. I've worked in corporate environments in the past, but nowadays mostly government. Best regards, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management

RE: [WSG] Usability Accessibility Over Design?

It is scary that people still make the distinction between design and usability/accessibility/fitness for purpose. Design incorporates these things, and if it doesn't then it is indulgence, not design. Cheers, Andrew (working information architect) Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management

RE: [WSG] designing for handheld

as time goes by - anyone have any thoughts around this? Cheers, Andrew Andrew Boyd Consultant SMS Management Technology M 0413 048 542 T +61 2 6279 7100 F +61 2 6279 7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] About SMS: Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit, CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609 www.smsmt.com SMS Management