All posts with the tag of Accessibility

Creating Accessible Charts

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 [...]

Using HTML lists

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.

BS8878 Web Accessibility Code of Practice

British Standard (BS) 8878 is the new Web Accessibility Code of Practice from the British Standards Institution (BSI). It was officially launched on 7th December 2010, at an event held at the Royal College of Medicine in London.