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JavaScript Accessibility 101
There was a time when JavaScript Accessibility simply meant ensuring graceful degradation when JavaScript was unavailable. But, since the explosion of Ajax and Rich Internet Applications, JavaScript...
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Practical JavaScript Accessibility
This article will show you some simple things you can do right now, to make your JavaScript more accessible. This is not bleeding-edge technology, but stuff we’ve been doing for years. This post...
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Accessibility in Modern Interfaces
Some of the things being done with JavaScript today are truly amazing. The Internet itself is still young, yet it’s been through several evolutions in its short history – most significantly perhaps, is...
View ArticleWhy Would You Write Your Own CMS?
Stepping into the ever-raging debate about which is the best CMS, James Edwards looks at the case for writing your own custom solution. With recent hindsight he discusses why he chose to write his own...
View ArticleJavaScript Accessibility 101
There was a time when JavaScript Accessibility simply meant ensuring graceful degradation when JavaScript was unavailable. But, since the explosion of Ajax and Rich Internet Applications, JavaScript...
View ArticlePractical JavaScript Accessibility
This article will show you some simple things you can do right now, to make your JavaScript more accessible. This is not bleeding-edge technology, but stuff we’ve been doing for years. This post...
View ArticleAccessibility in Modern Interfaces
Some of the things being done with JavaScript today are truly amazing. The Internet itself is still young, yet it’s been through several evolutions in its short history – most significantly perhaps, is...
View Article4 Ways to Make Your WordPress Site More Accessible
Adopting four relatively simple techniques can vastly improve the accessibility of WordPress websites. Eric Blair explains why that's a good business decision.Continue reading %4 Ways to Make Your...
View ArticleShould Navigation Be Defined in Lists?
Menu links are defined in unordered lists, right? Not necessarily. Craig discusses the case for listless navigation.Continue reading %Should Navigation Be Defined in Lists?%
View ArticleDesigning For Disabilities: Section 508 and International Accessibility...
Many graphic designers, web developers, or others in the technology and media industries will eventually come across a project that requires compliance with “Section 508″ or other accessibility...
View ArticleSparkicons: Can We Make Better Links?
Around this time last year, Mark Boulton proposed a new way of communicating information about linked content online He called his idea sparkicons, building on Edward Tufte’s description of sparklines,...
View ArticleEasy Checks for Website Accessibility
A few weeks ago I published an article highlighting popular tools and other considerations to check your site’s accessibility. There I briefly touched on the possible errors these tools look for in...
View ArticleLearning to focus()
Thanks to good fortune, I have a functional pair of eyes. When it comes to traversing web pages, this is something of a boon since shifting my focus from one part of the page to another requires...
View Article3 Great Reasons to Make Your Website Accessible
For web designers and developers, web accessibility is the simple act of making sites and apps available to everyone, including those with disabilities. Making websites and web applications accessible...
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The Final Nail in the Icon Fonts Coffin?
Using vector graphics as navigation icons has always made perfect sense. But it seemed to be the arrival of the retina screen (2011-ish) that really lit a rocket under the idea. Almost overnight icons...
View ArticleThe State of Accessibility in PHP Tools
Usually when I tell people that I’m blind, many people ask me how I can use the computer. “Is someone reading you my messages?” I remember someone asking. Many people imagine that I have this...
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Responsive Web Design: Where Do We Go From Here?
This article is part of a web development series from Microsoft. Thank you for supporting the partners who make SitePoint possible. I had the great pleasure of delivering the closing keynote at...
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Tips for Creating Accessible eLearning Resources
Did you know that in France, people with a disability are given free admission to the famous art gallery, the Louvre. While online content is rarely as mesmerising as the Mona Lisa, many government...
View ArticleAvoiding Redundancy with WAI-ARIA in HTML Pages
Life’s been easy since we’ve started integrating ARIA roles in HTML code. ARIA has been providing additional semantics to help assistive technologies (ATs) and making it possible for developers to...
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Mobile Accessibility Fails: Do we need a WCAG3?
Back in 2005 when I attended my first (and only) face-to-face WCAG Working Group event in Seattle we couldn’t even comprehend where technology would be today; with the array of smartphones, tablets,...
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