A List Apart is Back and Better Then Ever

The web development magazine When You Are Your Own Client, Who Are You Going To Make Fun Of At The Bar?; by Jim Coudal

The Most Often Forgotten Definition List

I recently found an article by http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-list.html#edef_list_dtI know with the jobs that I work on, there are a lot of times where it would have been more appropriate to use a definition list. We will often use a unordered list with line breaks, which isn't a good idea.

So next time to remember the possibility of using a definition list.

Dreamweaver 8; Get Up Close and Personal

As most of you I am sure have heard, Macromedia has recently announced that they are going to be releasing Studio 8, which includes a new version of Dreamweaver.

They are going to be offering free online seminars to highlight and teach people about the new features.

The seminars are actually pretty cool. I did one on Contribute 3 and I found it very helpful. The seminars use the Macromedia Breeze software which is also very neat.

When Dreamweaver 8 actually gets released, you can count on me having a full review of it here.

All you need is love...and Mozilla Firefox Web Developer Toolbar

The esteemed Mozilla Firefox Web Developer Toolbar to Evaluate Web Sites for Accessibility.

The toolbar is a pretty awesome tool and I use it all the time. It is the one thing that would prevent me from ever switching to a different browser because I depend on the Web Developer Toolbar as an important part of my tool kit.

Note: In my title I am just being witty. Mozilla Firefox Web Developer Toolbar is just a tool that can assist you in the process of making your web site accessible. You are going to have think and do work yourself.

MSU launches new Web Accessibility Site & Accessibility Guidelines

One of the projects that I have been working on over the last year at Accessibility Guidelines for MSU Web Sites.

Mmmm...Data Tables

Data tables, especially in web applications, can play a crucial role in the information that gets put up on the internet.

Data tables are also something that a lot of people really neglect and make inaccessible. Here are two resources recently written to help you make accessible data tables:

• Bring on the tables; By Roger Johansson

Remembering Low Vision Users

One group of web users that is often over looked when web sites are designed are users with low vision. What people don't realize is that low-vision users need something a lot different in the way a web site is layed out then what are used to.

Joe Clark, who I hope to meet at some point, talks about this in his Roger Johansson of 456 Berea Street to think about how he could incorporate a different style sheet into his web site for low vision users.

I think this a challenge that we should all try an do zoom user style sheets for our own sites.

Writing a paper...

I am working on a paper about techniques used in evaluating web sites for web accessibility.

If you have any techniques that you that really work for you and you would like to share, email me. I'd love to hear different insights.

Usability Testing in 5 Seconds...

Christine Perfetti recently wrote a really excellent article about 5 second usability testing.

Most users will only stay on a web page for about 5 seconds. This technique explores the kind of initial impression that your web site is giving on the user in those 5 seconds.

Try it out. It works.

Joe Clark's Live Blogging at @media 2005

Over June 9th & 10th, some of the brightest minds in web standards & web accessibility came to talk to a web conference in London called posted his presentation slides up to the web.

I'm Back...

I took a little bit of a break from writing this blog because of school, work, and just being unbelievably busy.

I look forward to getting back to helping the masses make better and more quality web sites.