Category Archives: Web Standards

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 →

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Refresh DC Accessibility Presentation – 01/17/2008

Posted on January 14, 2008 by John F Croston III

I will be giving an Accessibility presentation at the Janruary 17, 2008, meeting of Refresh DC. The following is the important information: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Greater Washington Board of Trade 1725 I Street NW, Suite … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, CLiCk Speak, CSS, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Refresh DC, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 1 Comment

Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

Posted on December 31, 2007 by John F Croston III

I just finished re-reading Roger Johansson’s wonderful article entitled “Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible“. I agree with everything he said, except I think by putting the label and the input elelements as part of an un-ordered list (UL) or an ordered … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, CSS, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Layout, Programming, Web Standards | 4 Comments

A Few Quick Things About the OLPC

Posted on December 30, 2007 by John F Croston III

Yesterday I met Justin Thorp, Rodney DeGracia, Stewart, and Partica over at Murky Coffee in Arlington, VA with our One Laptop per Child machines (OLPCs). We had a good time talking about our new laptops. Stewart even mentioned that the OLPC … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Mesh Network, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Web Standards | 2 Comments

Need Help with Skills List

Posted on December 17, 2007 by John F Croston III

In preperation for my talk on Accessibility for the Januray, 2008, Refresh DC meeting I am looking to build a small simple accessible web application that might be useful in the end to the DC Technology Community. It will allow people to … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Helpful Tips, Refresh DC, Web Standards | 7 Comments