Posts Tagged ‘Accessibility’
Avoiding IFRAMES via PHP and cURL
With IFRAMES being so outdated, there is an alternative using PHP and cURL
The Trouble with Lightbox (and its Variants)
Lightbox is a great image display technique for the modern Web, just be sure it’s still usable!
Building Functional Alt Sites using SWFAddress
When developing a full Flash website, it is very important to provide an effective alternate site for viewing. SWFAddress helps extensively with exactly that.
Working with canvas – Some Background and Basics
Canvas is an HTML element that provides a surface on which to draw with JavaScript
Respecting Color Contrast in Web Design
Color contrast is a very important aspect of Web design. Be sure to test your color contrast.
Current Events: Google’s Improved Flash Indexing
Google recently updated their indexing algorithm to include textual Flash content. Is that a good or bad thing?
Improving Your Process: Maintaining Product Quality
As a Web designer or developer, it’s important to make sure that your products remain top quality, regardless of any speed bumps you may encounter.
Current Events: Captioning Sucks!
Joe Clark and the Open & Closed Project have recently launched CaptioningSUCKS.com in an effort to spread awareness about the sad state of captioning online.
Will Page Zoom Prove Relative Units Less Useful?
With browser manufacturers beginning to default to page zoom, will relative units be phased out?
Designing Web Navigation Book Review
The navigation design for a website is a big deal. I surf the Internet, and it seems to me that everyone would be quite a bit better off had more Web designers taken the time to read a book like this. Site navigation is the primary way readers are able to interact with information presented in a website. Therefore, a site navigation deserves to have some serious thought behind it. Designing Web Navigation by James Kalbach is an extensive resource on this very subject.
