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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 →

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Why I’m Building Hold An Event

Posted on February 9, 2012 by John F Croston III

I created Hold An Event because all the other event registration web applications are not accessible to those using assistive technologies, like screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, Window Eyes, etc.), along with voice recognition software (Dragon Naturally Speaking). They are also … Continue reading →

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Accessibility Camp DC – October 9, 2010

Posted on September 19, 2010 by John F Croston III

For those that were wondering when the next Accessibility Camp DC is, it will be on Saturday October 9 , 2010, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM in Washington, DC. This year … Continue reading →

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Need Help Deciding which Web Application to Build

Posted on July 14, 2009 by John F Croston III

Now that the house issues have been mostly settled I can get started on building one of the many small web applications that I have been tossing around. Some of these ideas I have been thinking about for what seems … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, BarCamp, Best Practices, Design, Development, JAWS, Layout, NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), NVDA, PHP, Screen Reader, UI, User Interface, Web Applications, Web Standards, Window-Eyes | 13 Comments

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 →

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