Category Archives: Accessibility

My views on accessibility and usability within web site design

Gawds site of the month for January

Posted on 12/1/2005 by Rich

A mixed bag of sites for the GAWDS site of the month. this time around.

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Accessible Forums

Posted on 11/1/2005 by Rich

For some time now I have been searching for a tableless design for phpBB. I did find one, called chairs. But so much had been changed and discarded that it wasn’t suitable for my needs. Brothercake, http://www.brothercake.com/ , had posted … Continue reading →

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Firefox and Flash

Posted on 9/12/2004 by Rich

After recent discussion on the GAWDS it has been found that Firefox has a problem with Flash. Firstly find a pge with Flash on it, there are a few listed in the GAWDS sites of the month. Then try tabbing … Continue reading →

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GAWDS site of the month pt 2

Posted on 1/12/2004 by Rich

December sees another batch of nominations for the GAWDS site of the month.

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Firefox Screen Reader Emulator

Posted on 24/11/2004 by Rich

I know a lot of us are using Firefox… I came across this little addon that may, or may not, be useful. Fangs: The Firefox Screen Reader Emulator Extension I haven’t tested it as yet, but it does look useful!

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Starting young

Posted on 5/11/2004 by Rich

It’s surprising sometimes what Kids can do. To see my 4 year old son trying to do an accessibility validation of my site, via Cynthia, is perhaps one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen!

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