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18 August 2006

Label Placement in Forms

Usability study on the label placement in forms. This report from July uses eye tracking equipment to come up with some ideas about where labels should be placed. The executive summary is: above is best!
http://www.uxmatters.com/

This week in WCAG

Joe Clark does what he does best. Rants!
http://blog.fawny.org/

Time Magazine’s 50 coolest websites.

Pandora, YouTube and MySpace are all in the ‘in’ crowd for this year. Go Web 2.0!
http://www.time.com/time/2006/50coolest/index.html

A cute widget - Link Thumbnail

A nice bit of JavaScript to display a screenshot of a link destination on rollover. So, rollover the link, see a small image of where the link goes.
http://lab.arc90.com/

Speech Recognition for Linux

Wizzard Software Releases WizzScribe SI For Linux - Revolutionizes Server-Based Speech Recognition By Eliminating Training
http://linux.sys-con.com/

AOL Announces Closed Captions for Online Video

... the pioneering effort to bring closed captions to the Web," said Larry Goldberg ... This launch underscores AOL's commitment to accessibility and ease-of-use and is ...
http://finanzen.net/

Google Leads the Blind, Improves Video Search

Accessible Search is designed to make searching easier for visually impaired people by prioritizing relevant results by Web accessibility.
http://googlewatch.eweek.com/

Ten tech-related YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

A bit of Friday fun.
http://news.com.com/

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