All posts with the tag of Accessibility

20th July 2011 by Matt Lawson | Web Accessibility

Links that opened in a new window have always been a sticky point when it comes to accessibility; ever since the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 were released way back in 1999. These guidelines made it clear that pop-up windows should be avoided whenever possible. However, there are occasions when opening a new window or tab cannot be avoided. If this is the case, we can avoid confusing or disorientating the users by providing a textual indicator.

8th July 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

Apple has made accessibility part of the iOS app SDK. With integrated screen magnification and the VoiceOver screen reader available on all recent iOS devices, it’s an ideal platform for great accessibility.

17th June 2011 by Dan Stringer | Web Accessibility

Introduction On the 22nd March 2011 version 4 of the ever popular Firefox browser was released. With this release came a myriad of additions and improvements. On the whole the team at Mozilla have done a great job. However, this is not to say that the browser has been improved in all areas. After updating [...]

10th June 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

The VizWiz app for the iPhone is humanising technology at its best. It’s a remarkable fusion of social networking and innovative technology. Blind and partially sighted people can take a picture of an object, voice record a question about the object, and send it out into the ether for identification.

16th May 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

The short answer is that you can’t. At the time of writing there isn’t a way to reliably detect whether someone visiting your site is using a screen reader (or screen magnifier). You might have heard that Flash will do the trick, but that might not be quite the solution you’re expecting.

5th May 2011 by Dan Stringer | Web Accessibility

With the elections and referendum on the voting system used in the UK happening today, we at Nomensa have been wondering what would happen if the deciding vote were based on the level of accessibility achieved by each of the three main political parties websites. To a certain extent, accessibility has the potential to have more of an effect on individual voting than you would first expect.

19th April 2011 by Dan Stringer | Web Accessibility

Introduction I was recently tasked with the challenge of creating a series of accessible charts and graphs for an internal project. We were attempting to present some graphs showing site usage statistics pulled from one of our google analytics accounts. Charts and Graphs can be tricky to implement on web pages in such a way [...]

8th March 2011 by Léonie Watson | Web Accessibility

HTML lists are simple but extremely useful. Like HTML headings, they help give semantic meaning to information on a web page. Coded correctly, lists also give screen reader users important insights into the nature of the content they’re exploring.