Comments on: WAVE to test for accessibility http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/ read, reflect, refine, apply, redefine Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-14 ppang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:05:00 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-14 Interesting colour contrast checker to check out! http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Interesting colour contrast checker to check out!
http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

]]> By: ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-13 ppang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:57:20 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-13 Read about the initial results of WebAim's screen reader survey at http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/ A few quick observations from the preliminary survey results: - there is no typical screen reader user (diverse abilities and preferences exist screen reader users) - there is a very strong favorability toward headings and - very high level of difficulty with Flash content Read about the initial results of WebAim’s screen reader survey at http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/

A few quick observations from the preliminary survey results:
- there is no typical screen reader user (diverse abilities and preferences exist screen reader users)
- there is a very strong favorability toward headings and
- very high level of difficulty with Flash content

]]> By: ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-12 ppang Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:42:59 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-12 WebAIM has has published a WCAG 2.0 Checklist. Its objective is to provide an easy-to-use, understandable checklist for evaluating or implementing WCAG 2.0. You may check it out at http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist WebAIM has has published a WCAG 2.0 Checklist. Its objective is to provide an easy-to-use, understandable checklist for evaluating or implementing WCAG 2.0. You may check it out at http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist

]]> By: ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-11 ppang Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:43:01 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-11 After long 8 years in development, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is now finalised and has reached the recommendation status. This means that WCAG 2.0 has replaced WCAG 1.0 to be the standard document for accessibility. Refer to http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-20-finalized/ for details. After long 8 years in development, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is now finalised and has reached the recommendation status. This means that WCAG 2.0 has replaced WCAG 1.0 to be the standard document for accessibility.

Refer to http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-20-finalized/ for details.

]]> By: ppang http://ppang.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/wave/#comment-10 ppang Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:37:11 +0000 http://ppang.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-10 WebAIM is currently conducting a <a href="http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey/" rel="nofollow">survey</a> to gather information about the preferences of screen reader users. Results will be reported as aggregated summaries and will be published in approximately March 2009. Would be interesting to see how the data will impact on the development choices for those creating accessible web content! WebAIM is currently conducting a survey to gather information about the preferences of screen reader users. Results will be reported as aggregated summaries and will be published in approximately March 2009. Would be interesting to see how the data will impact on the development choices for those creating accessible web content!

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