Author Archives: John F Croston III

Simple Accessibility Updates to Improve New York Times New Redesign – Part 2

Posted on February 10, 2014 by John F Croston III

For those following along, this is Part 2 of my series on how the New York Times can make simple updates to improve their website’s accessibility. “Part 1 – Simple Accessibility Updates to Improve New York Times New Redesign” is … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Color, Contrast, Design, Development, JAWS, NVDA, Screen Reader, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation | Leave a comment

Simple Accessibility Updates to Improve New York Times New Redesign – Part 1

Posted on January 27, 2014 by John F Croston III

From the promo piece I saw about the New York Times new redesign, everything looked really good, and I was looking forward to seeing it. New York Times Redesign Goes Live On Wednesday (January 8, 2014), the new New York … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Design, FORMs, HTML, New York Times | 4 Comments

2014 = FOCUS

Posted on December 30, 2013 by John F Croston III

No, New Year’s resolutions for this guy, but this year’s theme will be “FOCUS”. Themes is an idea, which was taken from Jared Goralnick’s blog posts from a few years ago: One word for 2009: Impact. What’s your theme for … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, AccessibiltyCamp, AccessibiltyCampDC, Art, Content, Creativity, CSS, DOM Scripting, FOCUS, Health, HTML, Inspiration, JavaScript, JAWS, jQuery, National Gallery of Art, Passion, PHP, Programming, Theme, Walking, Weight, Writing | 2 Comments

How to Improve Your Search Usability

Posted on November 14, 2012 by John F Croston III

Doing searches on websites is a pain when you are using assistive technology. There are ways to improve how you get to the results. Why not add an HREF anchor like #maincontent, which we used for the “Skip Navigation” article … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, CSS, Design, Design Principles, Development, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Programming, Reading, Screen Reader, Search, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | Leave a comment

Looking for Mentors and Willing to Mentor Others

Posted on October 5, 2012 by John F Croston III

Lately, I have been thinking about the fact that I seem to be falling behind my peers on what I know and can do in the areas of web accessibility, along with front-end coding (HTML, CSS, and JavasScript (jQuery), programming, … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Best Practices, Design, Development, jQuery, Passion, Web Applications, Writing | 1 Comment