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Yay factor! Going global with standards and BBC Click on web accessibility

iheni — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:58 +0000

Some good stuff flying around Twitter and the web at large this week:

The Status Of Web Interoperability And Activities In China, Japan And Korea – slides from the lovely Channy Yun, my go to man when I have questions about the Web in South Korea.
Japanese translations of the Opera Web Standards Curriculum – the first 3 translations are now up and running with more to follow from Mistue.
CSS nuggets – slides from Anna Debenham , creator of Scrunchup, on CSS tips also available in Chinese.
BBC Click covers web accessibility – featuring the Leonie Watson from Nomensa and my old mucker from the RNIB Bim Egan.

Yay Factor: Accessibility 2.0, MetroShips, Coverville and the solar eclipse

iheni — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:49:04 +0000

Accessibility 2.0 - yes, it’s back and I’ll be talking about accessibility beyond the desktop together with Veronika Jermolina (AbilityNet) and Damon Rose (BBC Ouch).
MetroShip – my boyfriend and I are seriously contemplating buying a barge and converting it into a houseboat by putting shipping containers on it. Metroship, while not built of shipping containers is proof of what a livable beautiful space you can make it.
Coverville – shout out to Pixeldiva for tweeting about this. I struggle to find the right music to work to and this podcasts of covers is spot on.
The solar eclipse – The pictures speak for themselves.

A statue of Chairman Mao Zedong is silhouetted against a partial solar eclipse in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on July 22, 2009.

Yay Factor! Opera MAMA, Standards.Next, Richard Madeley for Speaker, braille displays and Chinese food

iheni — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:00:12 +0000

Hot off the web this week we have:

Opera MAMA – a sneak peek at early results for headings, images and summary.
Combining title and alt text on images – from David Dorward. Just say “no” I say.
Standards.Next – Informal bootcamps about tomorrow’s web standards today (yes, today) kicks off with an HTML meetup June 27th after @Media in London.
Appetite for China – I know I have. Proper authentic recipes…
Refreshable braille displays on the web – a video demo from Bruce Maguire – who took on the Sydney Olympics website for being inaccessible and won.
Vote Richard Madeley for Speaker of the House of Commons – Come on, he needs a new job and we need a new speaker.

Yay Factor! Gez Lemon on WAI-ARIA, Dr Who and design meets disability

iheni — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:02:38 +0000

Latest from around the web and also on it that’s caught my eye:

Webaxe interview with Gez Lemon – Gez talks about WAI-ARIA, HTML5 and the Web Accessibility Toolbar.
Dr Who theme – full length version played on 8 iPhones and two Wii controllers at Open Hack Day London. Complete with a conductor no less.
Translating InterAct – 30 volunteers, 18 countries and 14 languages, want to get in on the act?
Design meets disability – a wonderful book by Graham Pullin “the opposite of the trickle down theory”. Enough said and worth a read, wondering photos and images too.

The Yay Factor: Brain-Twitter interface, font foundries, rel=”accessibility” and vintage Gossip

iheni — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:53:14 +0000

Back from my holidays and getting back to my blog is as good as getting back to my own bed. Today’s Yay Factors are a mix of stuff spotted before I left and more recent stuff.

Brain Twitter interface - Helping people who have ALS, brain-stem stroke or high spinal cord injury Similar to Brainfingers Tweet.
Fuck the foundries – From Mark Pilgim, who’s had enough of restrictions of use of web fonts. “Open distribution always wins” say one commenter – discuss. If you want a list of non-proprietary fonts there’s always Open Font Library.
Everything you need to know about browser testing- some quick tips on cross-browser testing, not forgetting YUI’s graded browser support.
Jaws scripting accessibility link: recently Bruce Lawson put forward a suggestion for rel=accessibility in HTML5. Leonie Watson have put together a Jaws script that enables the user to move backwards and forwards between links with the rel=”accessibility” attribute value. Yay Leonie!

And finally Careless Whisper from the Gossip…who rock.