Category Archives: Accessibility

My views on accessibility and usability within web site design

Firefox locked out

Posted on 23/6/2005 by Rich

originally written on 14th Feb 2005 Whilst doing a few searches for some accessible websites I came across this one: English Heritage In Internet Explorer the page displays as you would expect, but in Firefox, my current default browser, you … Continue reading →

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Large Text / Small Text

Posted on 10/5/2005 by Rich

Often when browsing I come across sites that are accessible, or at least try to be. As an admin of GAWDS, I perhaps come across more than a few. What has struck me recently is the plethora of alternate ‘styles’ … Continue reading →

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php newsletter

Posted on 8/4/2005 by Rich

An update to php mail management. After much searching for a solution, I came to the conclusion that no-one knows how to write such a thing, without using javascript!

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mailto links revisited

Posted on 2/3/2005 by Rich

I’ve never talked about them before, but have recently found a fix for a problem that has plagued us for a while. <a href="mailto:abuse@elfden.co.uk?subject=abusive spam">email abuse</a> This is a simple mailto: link which adds the subject into the email, try … Continue reading →

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Validator Bookmarklet

Posted on 21/2/2005 by Rich

When checking sites for accessibility I quite often want to check more than one page at a time. Until now thios hasn’t been a problem. I have the relevant page bookmarked: WDG validator and I just click the ‘Validate entire … Continue reading →

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Gawds site of the month for February

Posted on 2/2/2005 by Rich

This month features the theme of government related websites, and the general standard of entries is very good.

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