Category Archives: Accessibility

Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

I just finished re-reading Roger Johansson’s wonderful article entitled “Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible“. I agree with everything he said, except I think by putting the label and the input elements as part of an … Continue reading

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A Few Quick Things About the OLPC

Yesterday I met Justin Thorp, Rodney DeGracia, Stewart, and Partica over at Murky Coffee in Arlington, VA with our One Laptop per Child machines (OLPCs). We had a good time talking about our new laptops. Stewart even mentioned that the … Continue reading

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More General Information about the OLPC

There are a few things that I have noticed over the course of the day using the OLPC, the XO Laptop, or the $100 Laptop. One of the big ones is that if you take it to a coffee shop … Continue reading

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Need Help with Skills List

In preparation for my talk on Accessibility for the January, 2008, Refresh DC meeting I am looking to build a small simple accessible web application that might be useful in the end to the DC Technology Community. It will allow … Continue reading

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CLiCk Speak Firefox Extension

Last year while at SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas, I spent some time at the Knowbility trade show booth and talked with a young man by the name of Charles L. Chen about his Firefox extension CLiCk Speak. I have … Continue reading

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