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Just Ask: integrating accessibility throughout design

view the book online ↗ Focusing on User Centered Design (UCD) methodology with the angle of getting users of different abilities involved into the design process – this free online book is not another W3C document with code references and guidelines. The author Shawn Lawton Henry from W3C wrote this self-published book to highlight the […]

new draft standard on accessible websites

A call for action for all interested parties by the BSI Group – you are invited to view and comment on the new draft proposed Code of Practice, to quote the site: BSI British Standards is inviting all interested parties, and in particular marketing professionals and disabled web users, to review and comment on the […]

making YouTube and Flickr accessible

Prompted by Antonia Hyde’s (United Response) presentation at this year’s Accessibility2.0 conference in London Chrsitian Heilmann (icant.co.uk) started working on making the YouTube player more accessible by setting up the ‘EasyYouTube’ player. He also went on to create an ‘EasyFlickr’ application which strips the Flickr viewer down to the minimum elements. Easy YouTube Player Making […]