15 important research findings you should know
By Jens Meiert
Small selection of web design, usability, and accessibility related results of research, most of them derived from Human Factors International (newsletter). Fortunately, some of them are relatively popular, while others will surely enrich your professional self-conception.
Note: Also see Stanford University’s “Guidelines for Web Credibility”. Must-read.
Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers
Two articles by Gez Lemon and Steve Faulkner on ajax accessibility. Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers and Improving Ajax applications for JAWS users.
Accessible JavaScript: Beyond the Mouse
Article by James Edwards
In this article, I’d like to provide a little gratification to those attempting to make their web applications accessible. To achieve this, I’ll talk about some of the more basic, solvable issues relating to JavaScript accessibility, as we take an introduction to device-independent scripting.
The article Beyond the Mouse then leads to Making Elements Focusable with Tabindex from Snook.ca
Petition the PM for accessibility
Following on from the good pro-active work by Dan Champion and Bruce Lawson to try and make Government and its departments / agencies accountable for the vast amounts of money they waste on poor, ill conceived websites that fail any kind of standard (Yes you, DTI), Ian Fenn has setup an e-petition at the 10 Downing Street site asking the PM to ensure that websites launched by government comply with WCAG.
Please sign it and join us. With so many Local Authorities making the effort through genuine desire or possible arm bending, the time is right for the high profile government sites to be held to task and pull up their bloody socks.