Category Archives: Accessibility

Tallying the Votes

I am currently in the process of tallying all the votes. I received them in many ways starting with the blog comments, to twitter direct messages, to e-mails, and to people telling me in person. From what I can tell … Continue reading

Posted in Accessibility, AccessibiltyCamp, AccessibiltyCampDC, BarCamp, Design, Development, Washington, DC, Web Applications, Web Standards | 1 Comment

Need Help Deciding which Web Application to Build

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

Some Thoughts from SXSWi 2009

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, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Games, Knowbility, Refresh DC, Seattle, WA, SXSW, Texas, Washington, DC, Wendy Chisholm | 1 Comment

My Plans for the Next Few Months

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

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

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