I downloaded Firefox 3.0 this afternoon and ran into something that’s a wee bit annoying. Firefox’s interface includes a smooth, single-toned grey top to all its windows. Here’s the Preferences window (cropped for size issues; click on the image to see the full-size):
Looking at this, you would think that anywhere in the dark grey area [...]
It’s CSS Naked Day 2008. Time to expose your naked <body> to the world. What the hell am I talking about?
The idea is to promote Web Standards. Semantic, clean XHTML combined with proper site structure should make a site usable and accessible without relying on CSS. Do you have alt attributes for your images? [...]
Matt Mullenweg writes:
I’m at An Event Apart in Chicago and Eric Meyer just said that browser statistics were “worse than useless.†More specifically, the only browser share numbers that matter are the one for sites you run, not what the web at large uses.
Eric is referring to a post he wrote in 2004: “Don’t [...]
Update: Forget everything I said previously. I’ve deleted the old text in this post and am updating it instead of making a new entry. Sometimes a design hits a dead-end and you can’t take it any further. It’s hard to recognize when you’re in the middle of trying to see it through, but after taking [...]
27 Jul, 2007
Posted by: pat In: Accessibility
I’ve looked at six of the 2008 Presidential candidates’ website, examining them to see how accessible the sites are. Mind you, I just did a cursory overview and I’ve summarized my findings in the table below. The original reviews are still available here on my site in the “Accessibility” category. Since some time has passed [...]
John Edwards’ campaign site is the subject of this quick accessibility overview.
Tabbing through main navigation menu , one finds the nested unordered lists do not become visible when tabbing through. A keyboard user would not know where he is on the page without the fly-out effect working with focus was set on the nested [...]