October 2010
Proper Standards-Compliant Color Use in Web Design
by Monique
Perhaps it is no secret to you that a good frontend design should be usable and accessible. That could be understood as having content that’s organized, readable, and understandable to everyone browsing the web, regardless of any impairment they may have.
September 2010
10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility
by Monique & 1 other
In this post, you’ll find 10 free tools to help you evaluate and correct issues which decrease your website’s accessibility. There was a high emphasis on the ease-of-use during the selection of these tools.
August 2010
Wait till I come! » view-source will teach you things that are wrong
by Monique
View source gives you a view and not the source
Minimalism in Web Design: A Guide
by Monique
In the web design field, minimalism is carving out an ever-increasing niche among designers that are looking to convey important content in a new way.
DingoAccess » Accessing Nav Drop-Downs
by Monique & 1 other
for people who rely on the keyboard to access the web, with and without a screen reader
HTML5, CSS3 default templates – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
by Monique & 1 other
Free for use in all web projects, professional or personal, HTML5 Reset by Monkey Do! is a set of HTML5 and CSS templates that jumpstart web development by removing the styling native to each browser, establishing basic HTML structures (title, header, footer, etc.), clearing floats, correcting for IE problems, and more.
July 2010
Cufon vs SIFR vs FLIR | Clayton McIlrath
by Monique
Typography is a very important element to design, and it’s quite a shame that for the past decade we’ve resorted to using images to display this element
Drupal Accessibility Statement | drupal.org
by Monique
As an inclusive community, we are committed to making sure that Drupal is an accessible tool for building websites and that Drupal helps you create websites that are themselves accessible.
Cross Culture Accessability: Web Design That Crosses Cultures | Design Juices
by Monique
If you want your website to achieve global stardom, you need to make sure it’s cross-culturally accessible. What works in one country may go down like a lead balloon in another part of the world.
ginger's thoughts » Introducing media accessibility into HTML5
by Monique
In recent months, people in the W3C HTML5 Accessibility Task Force developed two proposals for introducing caption, subtitle, and more generally time-aligned text support into HTML5 audio and video.
30+ Very Useful HTML5 Tutorials, Techniques and Examples for Web Developers | tripwire magazine
by Monique
Here we present before you, a comprehensive list of more than 30 HTML5 tutorials and techniques that you can’t afford to miss if you are a web developer.
June 2010
10 Pure CSS3 Image Galleries and Sliders - Speckyboy Design Magazine
by Monique
There are hundreds upon hundreds of Javscript based image gallery/slider plugins and techniques you could choose from, all offering something different, all of them offer a whole lot of interactivity and most are relatively easy to use and install. So, the question is, why would you even consider a pure CSS alternative?
Writing text alternatives for maps « Writing for the Web
by Monique
When you use maps on your website you need to provide text alternatives. These will help people who have problems accessing information using graphical or interactive maps.
Beyond guidelines: Advanced accessibility techniques
by Monique & 1 other
For ultimate accessibility though, try implementing some of these techniques too:
Accessibility does not prevent you from using JavaScript or Flash | 456 Berea Street
by Monique
A common misconception is that in order to make a website accessible you have to abstain from using JavaScript or Flash. Almost every time I hold a workshop on Web standards and accessibility there is at least one participant who believes that accessibility limits what they can do on the Web by telling them to stay away from anything that isn’t pure HTML.
May 2010
Planning Usability Testing | Accessibility in User-Centered Design | Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
by Monique
The Usability Testing section is an overview of usability testing with participants with disabilities.
The Sound of the Accessible Title Text Separator- Standards Schmandards
by Monique
To help you select an accessible title tag separator I have created a table of commonly used separator characters below and recorded the ouput from JAWS
Designing for Senior Citizens | Organizing Your Work Schedule :: UXmatters
by Monique
Réponses d'experts
Text Captcha Demo
by Monique
This page showcases CAPTCHA logic question examples. This site provides a web service to generate such questions for use in other sites.
Women In Web Design: Group Interview - Smashing Magazine
by Monique
a group interview of successful women working in the Web design field
Manual And Automated Web Accessibility Testing
by Monique
There are two major approaches to testing the accessibility of web pages. The older one is manual testing, using a browser, a text editor and our best judgment. The newer method is the use of automated web accessibility testing tools. This article will explore the benefits of both approaches and will suggest how to combine both methods to achieve better results in a shorter amount of time.
