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25 August 2006

Has accessibility been taken too far?

"I’m concerned about the state of accessibility in our industry. I’m concerned that the web is being limited creatively by a growing crop of accessibility and usability zealots that, in my personal opinion, over-complicate the matter."
http://www2.jeffcroft.com/

Accessibility and the Open Source Content Management Movement

NCDAE Webcast
Next Wednesday at 2000 GMT
http://ncdae.org/webcasts/

Evaluating the Usability of Online Accessibility Information

How good are accessibility statements? My Web My Way gets a special mention.
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/

Jakob Nielson's Alertbox, July 31, 2006:
Screen Resolution and Page Layout

Summary: Optimize Web pages for 1024x768, but use a liquid layout that stretches well for any resolution, from 800x600 to 1280x1024.
http://www.useit.com/

Firefox Accessibility Extension

A new version of the Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension is available with some new functions and a redesigned toolbar and menu layout. This release is close to what we expect for Version 1.0.
http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu/

Useful Resource

Pantone to Hex colour conversion system
http://www.logoorange.com/

JavaScript event tests part 1: mouseover

This is the first part of a series of articles investigating support for JavaScript events in popular screen readers. This article investigates the mouseover event.
http://juicystudio.com/

HOWTO convert six USB cards to an electric barbeque

This Japanese HOWTO documents the conversion of the electrical output of six five-port USB cards into a meat-grilling indoor barbeque.
(translated link)
http://tinyurl.com/hbojk

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