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Tailslide -> Some useful links (7/31/2005 5:29:40)

Just thought I'd post some links that I've found very useful on the topic of accessibility:

Accessify.com [Tutorials, Accessible Form generators, articles and a Forum on the topic]

WebAIM [Techniques and Tools including making Flash more accessible]

The Web Standards Project [What are Standards and Why we should apply them - plus details of accessible Forms]

Wave Accessibility Tool [Tests you website page for accessibility - not a pass/fail thing, just points things out]

Delorie Lynx Viewer [Lynx Emulator]

Ferg.org [Techniques for Accessible Tables]

Jim Thatcher [Lots on building accessible sites with articles about Skip Links]

Dive into Accessibility [Details about who benefits from accessible sites plus different techniques]

The Usability and Accessibility Working Group [British group with details about accessibility/usability and techniques to try plus those to avoid]

Web Usability [Austrialian site with various accessibility tools and articles]

Hermish.com [Articles and Tools regarding accessibility plus site testers]

The end-all guide to small screen development [Pushing the topic boundary a bit - this is about accessibility for those smarties using PDAs]

Alistapart Articles:
What is web accessibility?
Accessibility and the Politics of Design
How to save web accessibility from itself
This HTML Kills: thoughts on accessibility
Web Accessibility and UK Law



jaybee -> RE: Some useful links (7/31/2005 6:41:45)

There is a large list of resources HERE

And the UAWG site is here. Still being built but there are some very useful articles on the whys and wherefores.



womble -> RE: Some useful links (7/31/2005 7:07:11)

Also this one which although not about accessibility, shows the effect of text size on different browsers/OSs etc.



jaybee -> RE: Some useful links (8/1/2005 10:03:12)

WIZARDS!

wizards to generate accessible stuff for you.

CSS based accessible forms.
Table based accessible forms

Accessible Tables

Accessible pop-ups




caz -> RE: Some useful links (8/2/2005 11:13:54)

Next time that you use Cynthia for WAI checking download the pdf at top right, it's a handy guide to the automatic verifier checkpoints, with good explanations.

This is the link to the guide Guide to Cynthia's cryptic comments if you don't want to check this OF page[;)]

It is produced by Hisoftware Solutions, but you don't have to buy their stuff to use the guidance in the report.



ed1 -> RE: Some useful links (8/3/2005 13:04:26)

In the US- try this for 508 compliance
http://www.section508.gov/



womble -> RE: Some useful links (8/3/2005 13:39:42)

Another CSS link - free css based menu designs - Free Menu Designs - e-lusion.com
<edit>ooops! maybe should be in css forum?</edit>



BeTheBall -> RE: Some useful links (8/3/2005 15:26:20)

Here is a forum that specializes in accessibility:

http://www.accessifyforum.com/




Tailslide -> RE: Some useful links (11/12/2005 12:58:54)

Here's an on-line version of Joe Clark's book "Building Accessible Websites":

http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/



mar0364 -> RE: Some useful links (12/29/2005 14:02:06)

Looking for a place I can upload a file and get and get a 508 report like you can with xhtml at the W3. Does anyone know of one?



Tailslide -> RE: Some useful links (12/29/2005 14:31:22)

Hi

There are several - bearing in mind that none of these are perfect, my own favourite is http://www.cynthiasays.com/ it's easy to understand and gives you lots of alternatives as to which standard to test against.

Also - there's this site where you type in the url you want tested and it generates links to loads of different test pages for various stuff including accessibility sites: http://uitest.com/en/check/



mar0364 -> RE: Some useful links (12/29/2005 15:01:11)

Thanks! I found this one also.

http://www.usablenet.com/frontend/508as_entry.jsp

I'm trying to set a bar for the rest of the folks around my office to reach. Which institutions blessing should I go for? Like W3 gives you the little image to place on your page showing you have reached its milestone. Which one should I go for in your opinion as it relates to 508?

The W3 also gives a designation for accessibility. Now I'm having fun.



Tailslide -> RE: Some useful links (1/17/2006 5:42:19)

http://accessites.org/home/
quote:


Here at Accessites.org we will prove that accessible, usable websites built with universality and standards in mind need not be boring. We will show you stunning works of art crafted by some of today’s most progressive accessible web developers and designers.



davidrandall -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 6:01:20)

Hi all,

The Usability and Accessibility Working Group (UAWG) as mentioned in the 1st post has been rebranded to the Association of Accessibility Professionals

quote:

The re-brand was announced as the board of the group decided that the group’s focus should be solely on promoting accessibility. The group boasts scientists, academics, and industry professionals among its members. The AAP is a non-profit organisation that has no vested interests and is vendor-neutral.


The rebrand was also to avoid confusion with the W3C's User Agent Working Group (UAWG).

We're also looking for new members [:)]

Dave



spitfire -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 6:15:09)

Hi Dave

Is there any information about membership criteria on the site? Other than send an e-mail to Ms Watson, of course.

Any idea when Part 2 of the AAS will be announced?

Thanks
Spit



davidrandall -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 6:40:16)

Hi Spit,

There's no real criteria as such, just a passion for wanting to improve things for people.

The best thing to do is to have a chat with Léonie as she can tell you more.

As far as the Accreditation Scheme goes it's a slow process and I'm not 100% sure when the scheme will be launching.

While there are many, many schemes out there where you can win a nice badge for your website, ours is unique in that we will be looking at the producers of websites, rather than the website itself.

An electrician needs to be qualified before they can do what they do, and we are trying to give developers of websites an "accessibility qualification". All this takes a lot of time and effort but we are getting there!

Come and get involved, the more the merrier.

Dave




spitfire -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 7:01:10)

Ah, thanks for that Dave.
Methinks I need to ponder upon my passion potential then.[:)]



davidrandall -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 7:05:01)

To give you a feel for who's involved, take a peek at the contributors section

There's people involved with the AAP from all sorts of backgrounds [:)]

Dave



spitfire -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 7:15:32)


quote:

ORIGINAL: davidrandall
There's people involved with the AAP from all sorts of backgrounds [:)]

Are you disrespecting my family tho'? Are you calling me a pikey tho'? Should I be bovvered tho'?
Cheers for the info
Spit.
ps that's a nickname, not a personal habit[:D]



Tailslide -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 7:18:51)

quote:

ORIGINAL: spitfire

Cheers for the info
Spit.
ps that's a nickname, not a personal habit[:D]



[8|][:-][8|] no, I better not go there...



womble -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 7:22:50)

quote:

Are you disrespecting my family tho'? Are you calling me a pikey tho'? Should I be bovvered tho'?
Cheers for the info

<hehe> Uncle B does rhyming posts! [:D]



spitfire -> RE: Some useful links (2/2/2006 10:47:29)

Now look here you two young things[:@].
You are taking advantage of the fact I have been a tad bruised and dis-oriented since I had a dog-fight this morning with a whole squadron of shelf-filling, trolley-pushing velocoraptors belonging to the most dangerous species of the genus Sainsburydii. [img]http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/boese/e040.gif[/img]





Tailslide -> RE: Some useful links (4/29/2006 15:33:33)

I came across this today - it's an excellent dissertation on UK SMEs (small and medium enterprises) and their attitude towards accessibility and web standards. Very interesting: http://andyhiggs.co.uk/dissertation/index.htm



jaybee -> RE: Some useful links (4/29/2006 16:43:22)

quote:

ORIGINAL: davidrandall

Hi all,

The Usability and Accessibility Working Group (UAWG) as mentioned in the 1st post has been rebranded to the Association of Accessibility Professionals

quote:

The re-brand was announced as the board of the group decided that the group’s focus should be solely on promoting accessibility. The group boasts scientists, academics, and industry professionals among its members. The AAP is a non-profit organisation that has no vested interests and is vendor-neutral.


The rebrand was also to avoid confusion with the W3C's User Agent Working Group (UAWG).

We're also looking for new members [:)]

Dave


Well. Not a wonder I'm confused. Go off sick for a while and people change their name. If I didn't know better I'd think they were hiding from me. [;)]



Tailslide -> RE: Some useful links (11/15/2006 12:17:56)

Nation by nation break-down of Access laws: http://www.sapdesignguild.org/editions/edition9/policies2.asp#uk



jaybee -> RE: Some useful links (11/15/2006 12:37:20)

Thanks Helena, it's a year out of date though, wonder if they're going to keep on top of it. I'll put a link to it in the other thread.



womble -> RE: Some useful links (11/15/2006 13:09:49)

Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance also covers the legislation in various countries as well. An excellent read.



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