Author Archives: John F Croston III

My Plans for the Next Few Months

Posted on March 9, 2009 by John F Croston III

The last few months have been busy with helping run the last BarCampDC, interviewing and getting my current job as “Web Content Accessibility Manager” (big fancy title) for ARMY.MIL, and a bunch of other things. BarCamp and AccessibilityCamp In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Austin, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, SXSW, Texas, Web Standards | 3 Comments

Times Running Out Before BarCampDC2

Posted on October 6, 2008 by John F Croston III

It seems like just the other day that we started planning for BarCampDC2 (like RefreshDC on steroids). When it was actually sometime in the middle of the summer and we never got serious until late August. Time is going by … Continue reading →

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Boston University, CDIA, CDIA Boston University, Center for Digital Imaging Arts, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Refresh DC, Washington, DC | Leave a comment

BarCampDC2 – October 18, 2008 – 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Posted on September 22, 2008 by John F Croston III

As you may have heard the registration for the for the BarCampDC2 event will open this evening (September 22, 2008) at around 8:00PM. Here is some of the important information before registering you will need to know. When Saturday, October … Continue reading →

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, HTML, Information Architecture, Information Design, Programming, Refresh DC, UI, Washington, DC | Leave a comment

How to Hide “Required” from Visual Users, but Make it Available for All Others

Posted on August 27, 2008 by John F Croston III

How do most people usually designate that a field is “Required” in a web FORM? I would think that it is with an asterisk (*) after the actual INPUT field and it is sometimes made “bold” and “RED”. There are … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, CSS, Design Principles, Development, Fire Vox, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Layout, Programming, Screen Reader, Search, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | 1 Comment

How to Set Up and Use Access Keys

Posted on August 4, 2008 by John F Croston III

Access keys allow people to use the keyboard instead of the mouse to perform certain functions. Mostly to move from page to page or a different section of the current pages content. By using web standards you can improve peoples … Continue reading →

Posted in Access Key, Accessibility, AccessKey, Adpative Technology, Best Practices, Content, CSS, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, Firefox, HTML, Programming, Web Standards | 3 Comments