Category Archives: Web Standards

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 →

Posted in Accessibility, Adpative Technology, p52, Project 52, Web Applications, Web Standards, Work | Leave a comment

Tallying the Votes

Posted on August 5, 2009 by John F Croston III

I am currently in the process of tallying all the votes. I received them in many ways starting with the blog comments, to twitter direct messages, to e-mails, and to people telling me in person. From what I can tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, AccessibiltyCamp, AccessibiltyCampDC, BarCamp, Design, Development, Washington, DC, Web Applications, Web Standards | 1 Comment

Need Help Deciding which Web Application to Build

Posted on July 14, 2009 by John F Croston III

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

My Plans for the Next Few Months

Posted on March 9, 2009 by John F Croston III

The last few months have been busy with helping run the last BarCampDC, interviewing and getting my current job as “Web Content Accessibility Manager” (big fancy title) for ARMY.MIL, and a bunch of other things. BarCamp and AccessibilityCamp In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Austin, TX, BarCamp, BarCamp DC, SXSW, Texas, Web Standards | 3 Comments

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