Category Archives: Accessibility

Posts relating to accessibility issues

WSG London, Accessibility – The Wash Up

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Karl Dawson

Better late than never I suppose, I’ve been busy with job interviews and the inevitable disappointments of tables-based design and being able to query a database for content triumphing over top-quality semantic markup and CSS generation you see (another story). I brought a couple of friends from work with me for this meeting and after a challenging game of pub cricket (on a train!) we met up at the Bricklayers Arms with Jim before heading to the university campus. Continue reading →

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WSG London, Accessibility

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Karl Dawson

The third London event for the Web Standards Group popped up on my radar yesterday so I wasted no time in booking a place and a return rail ticket. Speaking at the event will be Ann McKeekin from the Royal National Insititute for the Blind (RNIB), Mike Davies from Yahoo! Europe and a new name to me Niqui Merret a Flash developer, instructor and consultant. Flash has a bad rap for accessibility but I think this is more to do with people not using the technology properly – just like with HTML – so I’m looking forward to hear Niqui’s talk. Hope to see some of you there. Continue reading →

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Petition for UK Government web accessibility

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Karl Dawson

Ian Fenn has created a petition on the Prime Minister’s website today.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure that any website launched by the government complies with accessibility standards (WCAG AA at least).

Despite government guidelines to the contrary you would be surprised at just how many government websites don’t come up to scratch. Employing a “Bobby” web developer (formerly known as a “snakeoil salesman”) doesn’t help either. If you’re a British citizen, you can sign the petition. Continue reading →

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