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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.
Free Copy of PAS 78 Back Again
A copy of PAS 78: a guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites was previously available on the web site of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). However, on October 1st 2007, the DRC joined forces with the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality to form a new body – the Equality [...]
Reinventing A Headache
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” [...]
NoSquint
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 [...]