[WSG] eGovernment Accessibility Toolkit released

2007-06-19 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild
The eGovernment Accessibility Toolkit was created for the Department for Victorian Communities, Citizen Access and Transformation Division, Victoria Online in June 2007. http://www.egov.vic.gov.au/index.php?env=-innews/detail:m1496-1-1-8-s-0:n-31 9-1-0-- It contains the following sections: - Se

RE: [WSG] Screen Reader Accessible Navigation Suggestions

2007-06-14 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild
Hi John Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley did an interested paper on this which explains the organization of navigation really well: http://www.usability.com.au/resources/ozewai2005/ Cheers, Gian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ste

RE: [WSG] BarCamp Perth now FREE

2007-06-14 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild
Hi Gary I wish I could be there but I'm in QLD for a conference :( Cheers, Gian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Barber Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2007 1:08 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] BarCamp Perth now FREE Well Final

RE: [WSG] I'm on a question roll.... background images on links

2005-09-01 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Hi Ted Just so you are aware, background images are not read by screen readers so if you are trying to make the site accessible you should ensure that there is an alternate way of identifying the link as opening a new window. (Informing the user of opening a new window is a Level AA issue but if y

FW: [WSG] Auto-redirect and its place in WCAG 2.0

2005-08-04 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
;t like my email alias... :-( On 8/5/05, Gian Sampson-Wild (PurpleTop) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Currently the W3C WCAG Working Group have been working on mapping the WCAG > 1.0 to WCAG 2.0. I have been assigned an action item to investigate the > mapping of the WCAG 1.0 Checkpoi

[WSG] Auto-redirect and its place in WCAG 2.0

2005-08-04 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
  PurpleTop has been acquired by iFocus: www.ifocus.com.au Gian Sampson-Wild   iFocus Pty Limited Level 1, 450 St Kilda Road Melbourne Vic 3004 ph: + 61 3 8807 0100  |  fx: +61 3 8807 0101 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]  |  http://www.ifocus.com.au   :: Australian Federal Government Endorsed

RE: [WSG] Access Key question

2005-04-08 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
: These links are used by screen readers and also browsers such as Opera to assist in navigating through the site. Cheers, Gian PurpleTop has been acquired by iFocus: www.ifocus.com.au Gian Sampson-Wild iFocus Pty Limited Level 1, 450 St Kilda Road Melbourne

RE: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-02-03 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
ave a disability. But you should definitely let them know. Let us know how it goes. Cheers, Gian PurpleTop has been acquired by iFocus: www.ifocus.com.au Gian Sampson-Wild iFocus Pty Limited Level 1, 450 St Kilda Road Melbourne Vic 3004 ph: + 61 3 8807 0100 | fx: +61 3 8807 0101 mailto:[EMAIL PROT

[WSG] IE and background colour

2004-11-10 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Does anyone know why, all of a sudden, I can’t over-ride the background colour of a site in IE?  The background colour is specified via style sheets, so there should be no problem once CSS is turned off, but it still forces the background to white.  Example: www.villamaria.com.au   I have