Converting accessible data tables to charts and vice versa

Chris Heilmann over at Yahoo! UK, has come up with a genius piece of script to convert accessible data tables to charts using the Google Chart API. This means that people browsing with screen readers can access the the data while allowing users of traditional browsers to view the actual charts. The concept is [...]

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Tips on creating Flash banner ads

Here are a few tips I’ve cobbled together for producing accessible Flash banner adverts. This is very much written from the perspective of an accessibility person as I’m not a Flash developer as such but I hope it gives some pointers as to what to think about when using banner ads. I’ve also included [...]

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Blue Beanie Day – Monday 26th – supporting web standards and accessibility

In honor of Jeffrey Zeldman’s blue beanie on the cover of his classic book, Monday, November 26th is blue beanie day Blue Beanie Day.
Blue Beanie Day is about Standardistas wearing a Blue Beanie to show their support for accessible, semantic web content. To get involved grab a Blue Beanie and snap a photo. Then on [...]

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CAPTCHA: If your name’s not down your not coming in…

CAPTCHA’s and accessibility have been hotly debated in newsgroups, the press and blogs. Many people are feeling marginalised by their use and frustrated at not being able to access the online services they want.
Facebook, for example, has made heavy use of CAPTCHA even once you’re logged in (and is rumored to be reinstating it). [...]

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Slooging is the new tagging

Find searching in Second Life a bit tricky? Frustrated with digging around in your inventory and friends lists for landmarks or avatars you can’t remember the name of? Well help is at hand with sloog.org, a bookmarking, or tagging, service for Second Life.
Sloog works in the same way as del.icio.us, Digg, and Magnolia [...]

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