Posts tagged ‘accessibility’
For Your Reading Pleasure: EasyCaptions
Posted Monday, June 7th, 2010.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags accessibility, Adobe Flash, EasyCaptions, How-to, HTML 5, JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies, video, web design and development
Introducing EasyCaptions: A simple system for adding captions and an interactive transcript to online videos. EasyCaptions uses progressive enhancement to provide the best possible experience for all visitors, regardless of their browser’s JavaScript, HTML5 or Flash support.
Demonstration
Background
I don’t produce much video these days, but as a web surfer I often encounter other people’s videos, and [...]
CustomInput Class: Accessible, Custom-Styled Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010.
Filed under JavaScript, web design and development with the tags accessibility, CSS, How-to, interface design, JavaScript, JavaScript UI Goodies, jQuery, MooTools, web design and development
I’m currently working on a new quiz system at work, and decided I’d incorporate Filament’s wonderful stylized checkboxes and radio buttons into my project, which meant it was time to roll up my sleeves and code me some Moo.
Using tables for layout
Posted Tuesday, November 11th, 2008.
Filed under web design and development with the tags accessibility, standards, web design and development
Excellent resource: Should I use tables for layout?
Target settles accessibility lawsuit for $6 million
Posted Thursday, August 28th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning, web design and development with the tags accessibility, e-learning, learning management systems, opinion, SCORM, standards
Eventually someone in the e-learning field is going to get slapped with a lawsuit just like Target did. If that’s what it takes to wake people up, I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later!
Link: Web Accessibility Checklist
Posted Monday, June 9th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning, web design and development with the tags accessibility, How-to, standards, web design and development
The talented Cameron Moll has posted a link to a Web Accessibility Checklist prepared by Aaron Cannon, a (blind) member of his web development team.
Aaron’s checklist is an easy-to-understand list of accessibility dos and don’ts. Most of these are so simple and easy to implement that there’s really no excuse to NOT use them [...]
Make your Captivate movies more accessible
Posted Sunday, March 16th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning with the tags accessibility, Adobe Captivate, e-learning, How-to, standards
Adobe has a short but useful article detailing how to make your Adobe Captivate movies more accessible.
These are pretty simple (borderline “no-brainer”) steps a Captivate author can easily implement.
WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 released
Posted Friday, February 29th, 2008.
Filed under web design and development with the tags accessibility, standards, web design and development
The WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 were published this week by the WCAG Samurai group.
Accessibility development tools
Posted Thursday, February 28th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning, web design and development with the tags accessibility, e-learning, standards, technology, web design and development
There are a great set links for free development tools (validation services, browser toolbars and plugins) posted on the Web Access Centre Blog today:
Looking for alternatives to Bobby and WebXact? Try these!
Development standards for e-learning… a starting point
Posted Thursday, February 7th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning, web design and development with the tags accessibility, best practices, development tools, e-learning, How-to, opinion, standards, web design and development
Understanding that we should be using standards and best practices throughout e-learning development, the question becomes “what standards and best practices should we follow?”
Here’s my attempt at outlining some basics.
I’m 100% positive I’ve missed a few things, and I’m pretty sure not everyone will agree with my statements. Why not join in and add your two cents?
Why don’t more e-learning developers use standards?
Posted Monday, February 4th, 2008.
Filed under e-learning, web design and development with the tags accessibility, development tools, e-learning, SCORM, standards
I’m proposing we create a community-defined set of simplified e-learning development standards that can be viewed more as ‘rules of thumb’ than law.