Dennis and guest Joe Dolson discuss the definition of Web Accessibility including the W3C definition and WCAG 2.0, universal access, balance of effort, a principal?
- Trying to Define Web Accessibility from Joe Dolson
- Web Axe Definition
- Webcredible Definition
- Wikipedia Definition
- W3C WAI Definition
Dennis and Ross discuss different methods of implementing CAPTCHA on the web and how to make it accessible.
- CAPTCHA on Wikipedia
- Proposal for an Accessible Captcha
- Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA
- Alternatives to Visual Turing Tests on the Web
- CAPTCHA is bad for accessibility
- Improving accessibility for today’s AJAX – To hack or not? from Access Matters
- Refresh Detroit February meetup
Practical, Entry-Level Web Accessibility from Mike Cherim at Beast-Blog is a good article on the basics of web accessibility. Topics include:
- Proper Element Use
- Laying Out Your Page
- Apply Links the Right Way
- Alt and Title Attributes
- Content Visibility
Comments are now closed to Mike’s post, but I just barely got in my comments.
Dennis and Ross discuss the various business reasons for web accessible including increased users, easier maintenance, avoiding lawsuits, and decreasing bandwidth. Some good news items also.
- Financial Factors in Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization (W3C)
- Web accessibility & business
- Low Vision and Search Accessibility
- 7 Accessibility tips you don’t want to make
- Should you create a mobile specific page and how?