Category Archives: Best Practices

Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize Wish

I follow the great chef Jamie Oliver on twitter (@Jamie_Oliver) and knew he had been award the 2010 TED Prize. He mentioned on his twitter account about it and then linked to his speech after wards. I opened the link … Continue reading

Posted in Actions, Best Practices, food, Jamie Oliver, passion, TED Prize, TED Talks | 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

How to Set Up and Use Access Keys

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

Key Points Learned at PodCampDC 2008

This blog post about PodCampDC (April 20, 2008) is way over do. I noticed it in my work in progress post list. I had started the post a long time ago and decided I would still post the few items … Continue reading

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Are You Using Skip Navigation?

Skip navigation is a great thing to have on your website for a lot of reasons. Here is a list of just a few of them the greatest ones being the first two, that they make websites more accessible to … Continue reading

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Best Practices, Design Principles, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | 7 Comments