tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69834172725382942562024-09-01T22:54:17.949+00:00Covers all aspects of web development, including technology, accessibility & usability issues.Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656553402039339522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983417272538294256.post-76389551738507236482007-01-05T12:02:00.000+00:002007-01-05T12:01:51.395+00:00

As I discussed in this post, I've been very disappointed with IE7's lack of enhanced support for CSS. However, IE7 does now support some CSS selectors that it didn't previously, so here is a brief summary of IE7's increased CSS support.Adjacent Sibling SelectorThe syntax for this selector is: E1 + E2 where E represents the HTML element being selected. This selector matches elements when E1 and E2

Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656553402039339522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983417272538294256.post-49719074254863033352007-01-05T11:30:00.000+00:002007-01-05T12:00:30.675+00:00

In a news story last month, the BBC reported that most web sites are "failing to provide the most basic accessibility standards for people with disabilities" with 97% failing to meet minimal accessibility requirements.This report highlights the ever-increasing tension between building commercially successful sites and sites using the latest sexy technology and accessibility requirements. Given

Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656553402039339522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983417272538294256.post-64576653706553206472006-12-04T13:07:00.000+00:002006-12-04T14:51:48.081+00:00

I was recently reading an article on Sitepoint.com about SEO mistakes and, in the comments to this article was an interesting discussion on the correct usage of the misnamed "alt tag." This inspired me to pen my own thoughts on the use of alt on accessible web sites.Well, first things first, as another blogger points out, there is no such thing as an "alt tag", alt is an attribute of an img tag.

Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656553402039339522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983417272538294256.post-56700152054717440052006-12-01T10:42:00.000+00:002006-12-01T11:20:07.638+00:00

In a recent post on the Official Google Blog, the author describes how Google is implementing an audio alternative to the highly visual Captcha human-verfication methodology for users with visual handicaps.Kudos to Google! As an advocate for accessible web sites, I applaud Google for introducing this and I urge any readers implementing Captcha on their own web sites to consider the usability

Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07656553402039339522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983417272538294256.post-84644907952634505652006-11-29T10:40:00.001+00:002006-12-01T12:23:25.326+00:00

I'm disappointed with IE7. I had read so much blurb about IE7 was supposed to be sacrificing backwards compatibility in order to be more standards compliant. Compliant schmompliant!I'm an avid fan of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) but, like many web developers, was disappointed by the number of CSS properties that IE6 did not support. Never mind, I thought, IE7 will support them, then we'll be fine

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