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Posted in Accessibility, Mobile on Jun 15th, 2011
Sounds obvious doesn’t it, keeping content consistent, but the devil is in the detail. When it comes to writing alt text teams rarely pool their work, let alone have a considered approach to what is appropriate alternative text across websites and mobile. Screen reader users rely on ALT text to understand content and functionality. On desktop this [...]
Posted in Accessibility on Feb 22nd, 2011
Last September a class action law suit was brought against Disney by three visually impaired ladies stating that: Disney’s websites relating to its theme parks, hotels and restaurants are inaccessible to the visually impaired, in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act This week the plaintiffs filed a certification brief, taking the lawsuit to the [...]
Posted in Accessibility, Standards on Aug 10th, 2009
A question I’m frequently asked by developers is why keyboard access for the Flash is not fully supported across browsers. Opera, Safari, Firefox and Chrome all have problems enabling keyboard users to tab into and out of Flash content while Internet Explorer works fine. The issue Plugin support typically needs an API that acts as [...]