Category Archives: Development

Your Website Needs Color and Contrast

Posted on January 29, 2021 by John F Croston III

NOTE – I found this old blog post in my drafts, so I did some time editing it, link checking, etc., and hit publish of an old draft. To Read Your Content To allow people to read your content, you … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Color, Contrast, CSS, Design, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, W3C, Web Standards | Leave a comment

Playing Around with Flexbox by Starting with Articles and CodePen’s from Others

Posted on January 28, 2019 by John F Croston III

About a week ago on January 13, 2019, I saw a tweet from Heydon Pickering  ( @heydonworks ) talking about how he was using Flexbox to switch directly between multiple and single column layouts but didn’t have time to read … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019, Ate Here, CSS, Development, Flexbox, Food, HTML, Restaurants | 2 Comments

Mobile Articles, Blog Posts, Resources, etc. from Work and Home Computer Bookmarks

Posted on May 20, 2016 by John F Croston III

Two people over a week ago asked me for mobile resources one for checking accessibility on mobile devices and the other for general information, so I figured I would publish them for all to see. Here are a bunch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Android, Apple, Braille, Braille Reader, Cell Phone, CSS, Design, Development, HTML, iOS, Mobile, TalkBack, VoiceOver | Leave a comment

Simple Accessibility Updates to Improve New York Times New Redesign – Part 2

Posted on February 10, 2014 by John F Croston III

For those following along, this is Part 2 of my series on how the New York Times can make simple updates to improve their website’s accessibility. “Part 1 – Simple Accessibility Updates to Improve New York Times New Redesign” is … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Color, Contrast, Design, Development, JAWS, NVDA, Screen Reader, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation | Leave a comment

How to Improve Your Search Usability

Posted on November 14, 2012 by John F Croston III

Doing searches on websites is a pain when you are using assistive technology. There are ways to improve how you get to the results. Why not add an HREF anchor like #maincontent, which we used for the “Skip Navigation” article … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, CSS, Design, Design Principles, Development, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Programming, Reading, Screen Reader, Search, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | Leave a comment