Tag: Accessibility

YUI Graded Browser Support

  • June 25, 2010 at 4:00 pm

  • This page has been around for a good while. I’m flagging it up now because I’m trying to build up a sort of toolkit and primer for colleagues managing websites; the rather unsophisticated ‘every user should have exactly the same experience on our website’ is – sadly and surprisingly – still a common attitude. This [...]

Legal considerations for people responsible for websites

  • June 17, 2010 at 10:36 am

  • I’ve drawn up a legal primer for people commissioning or managing websites. This is by no means detailed or comprehensive: it is intended as a starting point and to raise awareness of the issues. I welcome feedback on anything that’s unclear or factually wrong. I’ve posted it here initially, but I may well move it [...]

Nibbler – take a taste of your website

  • March 29, 2010 at 4:01 pm

  • Nibbler is a free online tool for testing websites. Give it a URL and it will test five associated pages against a range of criteria. It's still in Alpha, and I haven't looked closely to see how it actually works, but it could be very useful as part of a web developer's toolkit. Visit Nibbler [...]

Easy YouTube caption creator

  • July 13, 2009 at 3:56 pm

  • I haven’t tried it yet, but this could make the creation of web accessible video much easier: it purports to enable you to add transcripts to your YouTube videos. Thanks to Andy Mabbett for alerting me to it. Visit Easy YouTube caption creator

WebAIM: Screen Reader Survey Results

  • February 5, 2009 at 8:02 pm

  • These are my links for 5 February 2009 from 19:00 to 19:00

For digital inclusion to work, wifi must be freely accessible

  • November 21, 2008 at 6:30 pm

  • If the powers-that-be are so keen on digital inclusion, and for citizens to embrace social media, then they need to ensure that connectivity is completely pervasive. For example, the UK government wants to set up a scheme of ‘digital mentors‘. These people would help other people learn how to use ’social media’ to get their [...]