It’s easy for those of us who use a mouse or trackpad on a daily basis to forget that many people use computers without them. If you maintain web pages and are still looking for a New Year’s resolution, please consider working to eliminate “click” from your lexicon. In most cases, you will find that …
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Dramatically Improving People’s Lives
How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better? –Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think I love this quote! There are a lot of things I can’t control, but this makes me feel good simply about adding some alt text to a web page. In …
Web Accessibility: Failure is Not an Option
I just visited Web Accessibility for All, which is maintained by the Center for Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin. The site’s tagline is, “Failure is Not an Option.” To gain some understanding of what people with impairments may see or hear on the web, try the following experiments: Using Firefox or Opera, …
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