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Julie Howell at E-Access ‘08

Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie, will deliver the keynote speech at Headstar’s E-Access ‘08 conference in London on 23rd April 2008.
Now in its forth year, and described by Headstar as “bigger and better than ever“, E-Access ‘08 will provide delegates with a unique opportunity to hear about [...]

PAS 78 To Become Full Standard

Released in March 2006, Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78 - “Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites” - was developed in order to tackle some of the confusion surrounding web accessibility. It is not a replacement for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) but is a non-technical document which aims to assist site owners [...]

Disabled People Want Friends Too

AbilityNet have just released their latest State of the eNation Report which, this time, focuses on social networking websites.
Social networking sites - such as Bebo and MySpace - may be revolutionising internet communication and creating new and exciting opportunities in both leisure and business, but AbilityNet’s examination of five of the most popular sites [...]

Text Sizes and Screen Resolution

According to clickdensity, there appears to be a link between user screen resolutions and text size settings.
Users with low screen resolutions (such as 640 x 480) appear to be more likely to use large text compared with larger resolutions of 800 x 600 or above.