Common accessibility blunders

 Posted on October 8, 2008 at 4:29 pm |  By Aido
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Are you responsible for maintaining your company’s Website? Or responsible for the design and build of your companies new Web site? New to the whole design and build game in general?
Have you heard of the W3C, Tim Berners-Lee, WAI or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? No! not to worry.
Heres the skinny…
The World Wide Web [...]

Ignoring website accessibility is not just wrong – it is bad for business

 Posted on July 31, 2008 at 1:36 pm |  By Aido
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Maire Boran wrote a great piece on accessibility in the business section of todays Irish Independent. I’m delighted to say that Segala’s CEO, Paul Walsh was interviewed for the article. Actually, it was quite a spread. I think Paul will love the fact that his mug shot is the centre piece (the actual photo used [...]

Online MBA does not support deaf users’ needs

 Posted on June 27, 2008 at 3:18 pm |  By Aido
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I had a recent inquiry from a deaf internet user (a potential student), something I can relate to. During school I only had 40% hearing. My hearing problems were picked up in junior school during a routine health check. Initially the examiner thought I was playing around. Only an operation would [...]

WAI: Calls for Mobile Web experiences

 Posted on June 6, 2008 at 10:02 am |  By Aido
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Shawn Henry has posted a request to the WAI Interest Group to collect experiences, stories, and perspectives
on people with disabilities using the Web via mobile devices. See below:
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
We are interested in collecting experiences, stories, and perspectives
on people with disabilities using the Web via mobile devices. For
example: What are use cases of [...]

Well howdy partners

It seems like a life time since we have been in contact with our partners. After building the Partner Web site and promoting it, we kinda dipped back under the radar, focusing on W3C standards related work and R&D. Truth be told, we didn’t stop there, we haven’t forget about you. We’ve also [...]

How do people access the Web?

 Posted on April 11, 2008 at 1:36 pm |  By Aido
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You could be forgiven if your initial answer to that question is Dialup, Broadband or Mobile. For most, its a case of simply “turn it on”, but for others its more that than.
I’ve heard people say “the Web is my lively-hood”. But, for some, reliance on the Web is much more than that. Some people [...]

Bloom in Park and perish online

 Posted on March 21, 2008 at 12:49 am |  By Aido
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In a recent post about a Peters Pink Boat I came across a Web site which has to be the most inaccessible Web site I have ever seen.
“Bloom in the Park is the largest and most spectacular gardening event in Ireland, hosted by Bord Bia. Its a competition of sorts where gardeners can get [...]

 
 
 
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