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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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