37 Signals comment on a tool which converts your webpage design as if you were colour-blind. www.37signals.com/svn/archives/000106.php There are some interesting links and comments and useful resources there, and on …
Macromedia.com gets redesigned as a Rich Internet App
The macromedia.com website gets redesigned with a new facelift and rich internet application. www.macromedia.com The new website prompts new questions once again about macromedia’s compliance with accessible devices. Here is …
Netscape DevEdge gets redesigned with Accessibility in mind
The Netscape Developer website DevEdge, which has been around for as long as I can remember, has been redesigned with an emphasis on Accessibility and standards compliance. The site contains …
BBC Article on Accessibility for blind users
A recent BBC article which looks at website accessibility use and web access by blind and disabled web users http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2557637.stm
User Centered Design for Gov portals article
Digital Web magazine have posted a new feature titled ‘User-Centered Design for Large Government Portals’. The article looks at accessbility and also section 508 ::: www.digital-web.com/features/feature_2003-01b.shtml
I revisit Mark Pilgrims – Dive into Mark website
I revisit Mark Pilgrims “Dive into Mark” website to check out some of his initiatives with Accessbility and Accessible compliance. http://diveintomark.org
The new version of reloade
I have updated the site to version 4.0 (December 2002). This update and new version represents a new direction I’m applying to the site to follow more Standards in online …
The IBM Web Accessibility guidelines
The IBM Accessibility Center’s – Web Accessiblity Guidelines ::: www-3.ibm.com/able/accessweb.html
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) wins Roland Wagner Award
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Receives Roland Wagner Award ::: www.w3c.org/News/2002#item104
Towards a Corpus of Validated Web Design Guidelines PDF
Following a recent essay I wrote on “Colour Use & Access on the WWW”, I’ve come across various interesting articles on the subject. [1] An interesting PDF titled, ‘Towards a …
An interesting article on ADD
An interesting article which comments on a ADD (NSW Ageing and Disability Department) and AMR survey in 2000 on older Australian surfers (55+) wanting to get online in 2000. ::: …
The Australian Disability portal
An article on the Australian Disability portal – EnableNet to launch soon ::: www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story
WebStandards.org gets relaunched this week
The WebStandards.org website is being re-launched this week ::: [1] http://webstandards.org and [2] www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53026,00.html
Colour use in PDA-Mobile article
An interesting article in 2000 which comments on the use of colour in PDA/Mobile technology. It makes references to the use of colour in PC Applications. The article was titled …
The US disability act in 2001
An interesting article on Accessiblity Standards By Mark Gibbs in ‘Network World Fusion’. The article comments on the US dissability act put forward in 2001 ::: www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/web/2001/00948166.html