Hello Everyone,
The W3C HTML 5 Working Group Chairs have decided to drop the longdesc
attribute from the HTML specification after a poll on the issue [1]
[2].
The Chairs' Decision states that:
QUOTE
This issue can be reopened if new information comes up. Examples of
possible relevant new
Should the alt attribute be required for the img element in HTML5? Why or
why not? Gez Lemon is conducting a twitter survey/taking comments for a
W3C WAI position paper. He wants to be sure to consider all sides of the
debate and is interested in hearing opinions. If you are a twitter user
and
What about browsers that don't support ARIA markup?
Graceful degradation (if the page is well written).
Or progressive enhancement.
Some references:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/javascript#access
A good intro to WAI ARIA by Gez Lemon:
Progressive enhancement and accessibility. Hmmm. I am not sure about
this
There's a slight difference between progressive enhancement techniques
and graceful degradation. Graceful degradation, tends to be that you
try to do everything with the scripting and fall back if you can,
whereas
The first working draft of HTML5 has been published at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
...to make comments regarding this document, please send them to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] feedback is welcome...The publication
of this document by the W3C as a W3C Working Draft does not imply that
all of the
The following may be of interest to web standards folk who haven't been
keeping up with the HTML Working Group and where HTML5 is headed:
On 4/26/07, Ian Hickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote [1]:
There are people strongly arguing
that HTML should be a purely presentational language, much, much
body { font-size: small; }
Such a rule is saying, in effect, the content on this page should be
one size smaller than the user's comfortable reading size. Small font
sizes for main body text is user-hostile. (The converse rarely seems to
exist; it's unusual to find a site that is too big,
I've been asked if there are useful university-focused
textbooks or other resources suitable for teaching
accessible web design.
As Lloyd and Matthew mentioned Joe Clark's Building Accessible
Websites, New Riders Publishing, 2002 is well worth considering.
I have been using it for the web
On 10/20/05, Christian Montoya [email hidden] wrote:
It looks like a data table to me. If you didn't use a table, you would
probably use lists, which might be more confusing.
I've had advise from [EMAIL PROTECTED] against using data table markup
for forms because screen readers often have
Does anyone know a rule I can point to (and send my client to read) re
accessibility and click here?
Some References:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#clickhere
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of
The web was built as a means to disseminate information.
Patrick is correct.
The web is not a visual medium. Some marketers, graphic artists and
designers may be shocked to learn that.
The web is an information medium. One way in which that information is
conveyed is visually, to user
I understand that HTML certainly can be interpreted on other mediums.
You don't think it caters to one medium over another?
Perhaps some web designers concentrate on a particular CSS media type
[1] more than another. And perhaps on some web sites, sighted,
dexterous, able-bodied users
Why should sighted people not be allowed to appreciate art online?
Sighted people should be allowed to appreciate art online...and maybe
not in the same way, but people with a disability should be able to
appreciate them too.
Some people think that images are bad for accessibility. The
Does anyone know of a good online article/resource to help me out?
I have some text-only refs linked at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#textonly
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota
Does anyone know of a good online article/resource to help me out?
I have some text-only refs linked at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#textonly
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota
I've been using the TEN format as a navigation aid for screenreaders in
my Web Design Update Newsletter for over two and a half years now. All
user feedback has been positive.
Some comments from subscribers regarding what they like about the TEN
format:
- Attention to accessible-friendliness
Is there a resource that's available that
is able to fill the gaps in my knowledge
regarding accessibility?
You might want to try:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of
Does anyone know of any superior tutorial sites for CSS.
You might want to try the list at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/css
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN, U.S.A. 55812-3009
Some references:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#menus
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN, U.S.A. 55812-3009
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
Some color tools are listed at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/tools#color
The following might also be useful...
Color Information:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color
Color Books:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/books#color
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information
fyi...
Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, the next release of Apple's operating system, will
have VoiceOver, a full-featured screen reader.
More info:
http://www.apple.com/ca/macosx/tiger/voiceover.html
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
Regarding external links in new window, like many of you I have the
usual concerns. Although most users are familiar with the idea of
closing external windows, some users will be confused. Some people with
cognitive disabilities fit this description. Also changing the current
window or popping
Some skip nav information that may be useful to you is listed at:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#skiplinks
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812-3009
You may find some of this information helpful:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#multimedia
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN 55812-3009
What is the best practice for .pdf files?
The University of Minnesota has an accessibility standard for PDFs that
I try to follow.
For PDF documents that cannot be converted to speech output that is
readable by assistive technologies, and other PDF documents that cannot
be converted to speech
For those of you that have put together a chart of access keys
for your sitewide navigation, do you have any good suggestions?
From what I have gathered best practice is that IF accesskeys are used:
- Always supply a legend that defines the accesskeys.
- Make sure this legend is on or available
Somewhere out there, I lost my link to it in an old HDD crash,
there is a site that allows you to test your site using the various
perceptions people with various types of color blindness suffer from
- it was actually quite handy. But there is other sites out there now
that atleast let you choose
I have collected some information about Accesskeys, thought I share.
Here are some more:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#accesskey
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Laura L. Carlson
Information Technology Systems and Services
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN
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