Even if you are just starting to use HTML5 or have been using it for a while, I highly recommend all web designers, developers and any one in between to read this book. It was an easy read with amazing layout, great graphics and images. The author was witty and concise, but also humble in his limitations. Jeremy Keith, the author, summarizes the topics in six distinct chapters: A Brief History of Markup The Design of HTML5 Rich Media Web Forms 2.0 Semantics Using HTML5 Today All chapters seems to be very carefully thought out. It is obvious that the…
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This assessment is very simplistic and constitutes a basic preliminary review. It is not comprehensive nor exhaustive. I chose themes from the Free Theme Directory and searched for Web Accessible and Accessibility. I narrowed my selection by considering which theme would be easily customizable, have good contrast between foreground and background, have elements in a convenient location and be aesthetically pleasing as is. I then used the plugin Demo Data Creator to generate more content for posts, pages, comments and categories. The following themes made the cut: Precious version 4.0.1 At first glance the layout is pretty simple and effective.…
9 CommentsThe new and beautified World Wide Web Consortium website is proof that it can be done. Those of us that visit that site regularly know how extensive the site is and a task this big is daunting. Nevertheless, the improvement is welcomed. Things to notice: It’s scalable width size, More breathable (meaning that there’s less content on the page therefore it’s easier to read), Colours work well together, Changeable views for desktop, mobile and print, The skip link to jump to the main content. Congrats!
Comments closedI was going to do an evaluation of an authoring tool, but the WAI have thought of it already at www.w3.org/WAI/AU/2002/tools. I found that the reviews were all a little outdated and I didn’t get a definite conclusion from any review. So I finally decided to go ahead and check out an authoring tool myself. I went for the markup editor developed in collaboration with the W3C, Amaya. It’s a WYSIWYG editor/browser. Many distributions are available. I will be looking at the Windows one. I opened an existing file that I know is made to standard and it came out…
Comments closedSo I recently re-did one of my old websites. My client wanted to had some images so I took the opportunity to give her an accessible site. I had done this site a few years ago. I wasn’t aware back then of web standards and web accessibility. I must confess of using tables for layout. But alas, I have done right by this website. I gutted it and made it new again. Although you can’t really see the difference between before and after! Let me show you what I mean: They don’t look different, but I did change the code.…
Comments closedThe W3C have a super neat online demonstration of visually representing web accessibility. The inaccessible pages have several “barriers”, key elements that make the page inhospitable. For example, the before home page demonstrates a lack of alternative text for each image, an inconsistency in the content order, a negligence with headings and lists, an inaccuracy with link texts and font sizes. Even by visually comparing both inaccessible and accessible pages you can see the subtle, yet important, differences. I suggest to examine one page at a time. Carefully look at the before and after of the home page, then read…
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