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Reinventing A Headache

Published: October 31st 2007

How do people cope when they forget a login password or username? Well, hopefully they use the “Forgot password” or “Forgot username” links that you so thoughtfully provided.
Or do they?
Research by social network watcher, Danah Boyd, suggests that your teenage visitors may simply re-register or create a new profile instead. Unlike us “oldies” who [...]

NoSquint

Published: October 5th 2007

Following on from discussions about text-sizing widgits on sites, I just been told about a new Firefox extension that might help the less confident users who are wary of using Firefox’s “View > Text size” option.
NoSquint is a Firefox extension that allows you to adjust the default text zoom level, which is very useful if [...]

Target Lawsuit Goes Ahead

Published: October 3rd 2007

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a class action against Target Corp. over the inaccessibility of their web site, target.com. The NFB initially approached Target in 2005 to try and resolve the site’s problems but, when discussions failed to reach a mutual agreement, filed a lawsuit [...]

Yahoo Make A Boob?

Published: September 20th 2007

Having created an excellent video demonstrating how JAWS work with web sites, Yahoo then seem to have shot themselves in the foot by simultaneously using a graphical CAPTCHA on their form for new account registrations. Unlike some of the more sympathetic CAPTCHAs, this one doesn’t even offer any form of audio support.
As a result, visually-impaired [...]