8 posts tagged with accessibility
Thoughts on mnmlsm
In Mark Pilgrim’s recent post on Minimalism, he rationalises the simplifying of his blog design by completely removing all superflous and redundant functionality from his pages in favour of the tools natively supported by the web browser itself (a modern one, at least). His list includes:
- No page titles in favour of the browser window’s title bar
- Feed Autodiscovery in
Joel on Software on the iPod
Joel on Software on the iPod:
Or look at the iPod. You can’t change the battery. So when the battery dies, too bad. Get a new iPod. Actually, Apple will replace it if you send it back to the factory, but that costs $65.95. Wowza.
Why can’t you change the battery?
My theory is that it’s because Apple
Introducing Musica Digital
I’ll keep it constructive.
Introducing Musica Digital, South Africa’s first digital music store, which I discovered via Paul’s own review.
First impressions last, and this was mine – a poorly designed page reading:
The site you have tried to enter requires Internet Explorer 6 (or better) with Windows Media Player 7 (or better) on Windows XP,
Some random TGIF blogging
First up: happy birthday to the man with the broken blog. Ian, hope you have a wicked one. Looking forward to getting raucously plastered together sometime soon.I knew there had to be a reason for the box of Monopoly, “the best-selling board game in the … view full post
Launch popup windows properly
No real news to report, other than that this evening we’re going to check out a couple of flat shares in the area, for potential permanent accommodation. Hopefully by next week, our living conditions will be (at least) habitable.
Surfing some websites, I stumbled upon the site for Agency Republic via … view full post
Don’t use “click here” for links
If you’re a web developer/designer/copywriter or have any involvement in web sites, continue reading. If your name is Tam, press Alt+F4. ;)
Scattering “click here” throughout your pages breaks the flow of the text, and makes pages harder to read. Reading text on computers is already more difficult than reading print; integrating links with the flow of text increases readability.
Therefore, create
An introduction to web accessibility
Introduction to web accessibility by Steve Vosloo, of independent user experience consultancy Usability Junction.
Dreamweaver MX catching on
Well I’m glad to see that Dreamweaver MX is up to scratch.
To meet the rising needs of CSS-conscious designers, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX includes many new and improved CSS-related features. With these new features, you can plan for future updates, build websites that are more compatible with World Wide Web Consortium