Petition Number 10 on accessibility
The government is not abiding by its own rules on accessibility and a petition has been set up to make the PM aware.
The accessibility blog contains short pieces of news and thoughts on accessibility and usability. Accessibility covers making all of ICT easier to use by people with disabilities and challenges and how to make peoples lives easier by the use of ICT. Deeper examination of product and supplier matters appear in Peter Abrahams publications and articles for Bloor Research.
Internet psychologist and accessibility
Can internet psychology help us design more accessible web sites?
Websites – Fixed size text and other matters
A comment from a reader has made me look at fixed size text on websites again. Here is a bit about how to do it right and what to do if a website does not comply.
UN International Day of Disabled persons
Listening to a sermon given by a disabled person reminded me of how miserable people with disabilities can become if they are excluded.
Second Life Class Action
Second Life is not accessible to the visually impaired. Should this be the cause for a class action inside SL?
IE7 Accessibility zoom and text sizing
Microsoft have just shipped IE7. It has a new zoom feature - how does it compare to text sizing?
Retailers need to become more accessible on-line
Target, in the US, has found out that ADA applies to their web web site. Nomensa, in the UK, has shown that none of the major retailers have accessible sites. Time for action.
Accessible PDF test
Sitemorse have started testing PDF Accessible the results are better than I expected
The Inaccessibility of Tesco Direct
Tesco have just launched a new web site but it seems inaccessible without a mouse
ESB ISB or IB SB and MB
An Information Service Bus can not be compared to an ESB. What we need are IB, SB and MB making up ESB.