Category Archives: Adpative Technology

devices used by people with disabilities

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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Missed Two Weeks of Project 52 Blog Posts

Posted on March 4, 2010 by John F Croston III

In case you have been keeping track, yes, I did miss two of the last three weeks of Project 52 blog posts. Between working from home because of the back to back snow storms here in Washington, DC and the … Continue reading →

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DC Monthly Accessibility Meet-up

Posted on January 21, 2010 by John F Croston III

After last years successful Accessibility Camp DC event I wanted to keep the momentum going and decided to have a monthly accessibility meet-up. I first talked with Patrick and a few others about having a monthly meeting if we got … Continue reading →

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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