Category Archives: Web Standards

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

Are You Using Skip Navigation?

Posted on February 24, 2008 by John F Croston III

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 | 8 Comments

“Say-Instead” Part of CSS3

Posted on February 18, 2008 by John F Croston III

Again while in Austin, Texas, I was talking with Charles L. Chen about his CLiCk Speak Firefox extension and he showed me that by using the new CSS3 property called “say-instead“, which is used to allow screen readers to pronounce … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, Fire Vox, Firefox, JAWS, Say-Instead, Web Standards, Window-Eyes | 2 Comments

Further Explanation of My Accessibility Presentation

Posted on January 25, 2008 by John F Croston III

Over the next few weeks YEARS, I will post in more detail different sections of my “Is Your Website Accessible” presentation. Two of the topics I have already covered on my blog are: Use of UL or OL in HTML … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Best Practices, CLiCk Speak, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Say-Instead, Search, Skip Nav, Skip Navigation, Web Standards | Leave a comment

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