Category Archives: Accessibility

Some Thoughts from SXSWi 2009

Posted on March 24, 2009 by John F Croston III

The last few days I have been trying to recover from SXSWi in Austin, TX, and also figure out what I learned this year at SXSWi, lack of sleep being the biggest problem. It might take a few more days … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Austin, Austin, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Games, Knowbility, Refresh DC, Seattle, SXSW, Texas, Washington, DC, Wendy Chisholm | 1 Comment

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, Austin, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, SXSW, Texas, Web Standards | 3 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 →

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

It’s Been a Month and a Half

Posted on June 15, 2008 by John F Croston III

I can’t believe life has been so busy that I have not blogged in over a month and a half. Okay, some it was procrastinating on getting things done. First it was work being busy trying to get a bunch … Continue reading →

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