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 [...]
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Posted in Accessibility, Standards on Jun 7th, 2010
The Web Standards Project (WaSP) has been busy at work hatching the InterACT curriculum, a framework for teaching standards based web design and development intended for schools, universities and business. Education is core to getting the web to pull it’s socks up and become more of an inclusive, cross browser, cross platform, cross device place. [...]
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Posted in Accessibility, Mobile on Mar 8th, 2010
BECTA, a UK government agency focusing on the use of technology throughout learning, recently invited me to contribute and article on mobile accessibility. While demand for the mobile web is growing, mobile web content is yet to mature, with many problems of usability and accessibility that are reminiscent of desktop web content ten years ago. [...]
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