web accessibility

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “web accessibility”

• Blind gamer sues Sony demanding ADA accommodation

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 646
  Alexander Stern has sued Sony Online Entertainment and various affiliated entities involved in online videogaming, saying the company “is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to implement features to make its games accessible to visually impaired gamers.” [ Gamespot , Kotaku , The Register ...
  1 day ago

• Defining “Public Accommodation” in Virtual Worlds

  
  AniktoBlog — Authority: 406
  Regular readers of this blog, as well as those who have heard me speak within the past year or so, are already familiar with some of the themes discussed regarding virtual worlds and accessibility . Two stories arose this weekend that could potentially add fuel to the discussion. Although wholly separate, the two ...
  2 days ago

• "Some results solidified previous findings - that good heading structure is vital to accessibility,..."

  
  Dontcom — Authority: 498
  “Some results solidified previous findings - that good heading structure is vital to accessibility, that Flash content continues to pose significant accessibility issues for screen reader users, and that images that convey content should be identified for users. It is also clear that the mobile web is a highly ...
  1 week ago

• Screen Reader User Survey Results

  
  Dontcom — Authority: 498
  Screen Reader User Survey Results : Here is a particularly poignant extract from the article: The survey asked respondents to select their most, second most, and third most problematic items from a list. In giving each selected item a weighting, the following chart shows the amount of difficulty and frustration users ...
  1 week ago

• New Accessibility Developments – Giving Voice to the Web

  
  AniktoBlog — Authority: 406
  Last week saw the emergence of three intriguing technologies in the areas of website vocalization and Web 2.0 usage among people with disabilities. IBM Social Accessibility Project Users who are blind rely on screen reading software to interpret text-based data from Web pages, but sites that aren’t coded correctly ...
  1 week ago

• Why Web Accessibility Efforts Fail

  
  AniktoBlog — Authority: 406
  According to a recent report published by Federal Computer Week, the accessibility of federal government websites continues to be an area of need. While problems with the newly redesigned Recovery.gov site were expediently addressed, there remains a number of sites that fail to comply with Section 508 standards. It ...
  2 weeks ago

• Google Increases Awareness of Digital Accessibility

  
  AniktoBlog — Authority: 406
  Google is already synonymous with developing software builds to make the Web more searchable. According to the official Google blog , the company is now making a commitment to accessibility as well. The company has launched a site intended to be the center for Google-related accessibility developments, located at ...
  2 weeks ago

• EC Proposes Law To Address ‘Fragmented’ Accessibility Rules

  
  E-Access Bulletin Live — Authority: 106
  A ‘European Disability Act’ has been proposed by the European Commission to standardise guidelines on web accessibility for disabled people. In a speech in Brussels earlier this month, Viviane Reding – commissioner for information society and media – said approaches need to be harmonised throughout Europe. ...
  2 weeks ago

• IE6, VML, AlphaImageLoader and You (and Your E-Commerce Baby)

  
  iKeif - tech and social media geek, mootools fan, and a ton of links — Authority: 106
  A constant debate is always “why support IE6? It’s expensive, it’s annoying.” Now, I’m not disagreeing with that. I don’t like IE6. It’s old. It’s broken. I’d prefer it went away. Unfortunately, IE6 represents over 30% of all IE traffic (which represents roughly 64% of all internet browsers ). ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can great web designs rank high on Google?

  
  Washington DC web designer — Authority: 125
  Search engine optimization (SEO) … refers to how well the site content is produced and presented in a way that Google and other search engines know what the site is about so that when a web visitor “Googles” a particular phrase or keyword, Google is able to deliver accurate and relevant results.  Hopefully, if ...
  3 weeks ago

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