Almost a year ago there was a discussion about accessible error messages in the WebAIM forums. Based on that discussion I take a look at how you can create accessible (and usable) error messages for your web applications.
New version of Fangs (translation help needed) and a Python source colorizer
Long time no post. Here is an update of Fangs – the screen reader emulator, and a script to convert Python source code to XHTML. Read on for the details.
Continue reading “New version of Fangs (translation help needed) and a Python source colorizer”
Validating an entire site
Periodically you may want to make sure your entire website validates. This can be a hassle if your site is big. In this article we introduce a few python scripts which will help us do mass validation from a list of links. We will also modify the W3C validator to work the way we want.
AJAX and Accessibility
Recently, there has been a lot of interest in using AJAX (the technology, not the detergent) when building web applications. I have a feeling that javascript and the XMLHttpRequest object will be the Next Big Thing ™. Let’s have a look at how usability and accessibility of AJAX forms can be improved.
Creating accessible bar charts
Web site bar charts often consist of a fancy image exported from Microsoft Excel. If you are lucky someone wrote an alt-text explaining what the chart is about. It is time to stop doing that. In this article I show you how you can make an accessible bar chart without sacrificing visual pizzazz.