Category Archives: HTML

2014 = FOCUS

Posted on December 30, 2013 by John F Croston III

No, New Year’s resolutions for this guy, but this year’s theme will be “FOCUS”. Themes is an idea, which was taken from Jared Goralnick’s blog posts from a few years ago: One word for 2009: Impact. What’s your theme for … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, AccessibiltyCamp, AccessibiltyCampDC, Art, Content, Creativity, CSS, DOM Scripting, FOCUS, Health, HTML, Inspiration, JavaScript, JAWS, jQuery, National Gallery of Art, Passion, PHP, Programming, Theme, Walking, Weight, Writing | 2 Comments

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

BarCampDC2 – October 18, 2008 – 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Posted on September 22, 2008 by John F Croston III

As you may have heard the registration for the for the BarCampDC2 event will open this evening (September 22, 2008) at around 8:00PM. Here is some of the important information before registering you will need to know. When Saturday, October … Continue reading →

Posted in BarCamp, BarCamp DC, Design, Design Patterns, Design Principles, Development, HTML, Information Architecture, Information Design, Programming, Refresh DC, UI, Washington, DC | Leave a 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

Long Week in Technology Last Week

Posted on January 23, 2008 by John F Croston III

It’s been a long week in technology for me this week. I spent about five or six hours on both last Saturday and Sunday working on the website for my accessibility talk for the Refresh DC meet up on Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Refresh DC, Say-Instead, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 3 Comments