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Things I’ve Learned

There are many things I have learned over the last few years in web design and development.Here are four examples that I created exaple pages over the last few months.

  1. The first example is one way to create an accessible table. This table example page contains an accessible table, Microformatted hCard, and a JavaScript function tha I found tha twill allow you to sort and re-sort table information without going back to the server.
  2. The next one is to show that you can use UL or OL list for to group FORM INPUT fields, so a screen reader will state that there are X number of inputs in a given FORM or section of the FORM.
  3. A few months ago I built a FORM that lets screen readers hear the word “Required”, but not show it visually to a browser. Here is the exmaple of another accessible FORM. It also show how to put the field formatting as part of the LABEL and have it inside the FORM field.
  4. Finally, I created an example of the new CSS3 property called “say-instead”, which is used to allow screen readers to pronounce words or phrases correctly.You willneed a screen reader to listen to this page. I recommend using the FREE “Fire Vox” extension for Firefox.