This chapter of the book, Adaptive Web Design, by Aaron Gustafson, provides a glimpse into how progressive enhancement will ‘enhance’ the accessibility of any page. I would also encourage everyone … Read more
We put together a list of ten web accessibility guidelines that will guarantee access to your site to any person, in spite of their disabilities.
Do not use the word “link” in the description for links. All screen readers read “link xxxx” where “xxxx” is the description text. Insure that you do not use all-caps … Read more
All registered users of the AHA Standards site will need to reset your password. To do so bring up the standard.heart.org site and you will be given a link on … Read more
I have released the new training schedule that will continue through the end of the year (except for December). Please register online if you are interested in training or a … Read more
Thanks to recent feedback I have gone through and cleaned up the top navigation of the Standards site. I hope the taxonomy of the navigation is more clear now. None … Read more
Deque had a good webinar recently on how to test for accessible mobility devices. Here are some of the resources available: http://pauljadam.com/demos/mobile101.html Also, the next date for this same webinar … Read more
In this week’s featured video in our Web Accessibility 101 Series, Accessibility Analyst Jeremy Hartley demonstrates how screen reader users navigate websites using heading commands. With the proper design, headings … Read more
Overview The tabindex attribute has three distinct uses: tabindex=”1″ (or any number greater than 1) defines an explicit tab order. This is almost always a bad idea. tabindex=”0″ allows elements … Read more