GAWDS new web design- (Found June 24, 2008 ) The Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS) haver re-designed their website. The design was created by Phil Treble, who won the design competition as part of the launch of the Guild.http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=89 Accessible Web Design in Practice Training Course- (Found June 24, 2008 ) There are still a few places left on the next Making Connections Unit, Accessible Web Design in Practice training course on the 28th and 29th of October. This a 2 day course being run in Glasgow Caledonian University Library in the Centre of Glasgow; the venue is close to both main Glasgow bus and train stations. Register your interest in the course by filling in the booking form. About the course This course is not about creating unattractive 'text only' pages; accessible design is about...http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=90 The Flash Satay method to embed flash in your pages and support standards- (Found June 24, 2008 ) This weeks tip: Use the Flash Satay method to embed flash in your pages and support standards The standard way to embed flash within a web page is to use the object element; the W3C tell us that the object element is an, 'all-purpose solution to generic object inclusion'. So that's fine and handy - however, the object element is not supported by all web browsers. Developers have tried to work around this deficiency by adding the non-standard (but working) embed tag into their markup -...http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=91 Mozilla Accessibility- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "Firefox and Mozilla Application Suite offer several preferences that may be helpful specially for people with disabilities..." "Aaron Leventhal, leader of Mozilla Accessibility provides us an insight of what Mozilla has to offer to people with disabilities and where Mozilla as a project is heading. " Read more about Mozilla Aaccessibility and an interview with Aaron Leventhal on the Mozilla Links newsletter. Reading the Aaron Leventhal interview I discovered The Mozilla Accessibility...http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=92 Accessible Web Design in Practice Training Course- (Found June 24, 2008 ) There are still a few places left on the next Making Connections Unit, Accessible Web Design in Practice training course on the 9th and 10th of December. This a 2 day course being run in Glasgow Caledonian University Library in the Centre of Glasgow; the venue is close to both main Glasgow bus and train stations. Register your interest in the course by filling in the booking form. About the course This course is not about creating unattractive 'text only' pages; accessible design is about...http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=93 Jim Byrne leaves Glasgow Caledonian University - now providing Web accessibility services- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Jim Byrne leaves Glasgow Caledonian University - to provide accessibility web design, development and training services. I have been working within Glasgow Caledonian University since 1996, running the Making Connections Unit as a non-profit organisation providing advice, support and services to organisations interested in publishing accessible information on the web. In the last year I have worked as the University Web Accessibility Project Manager, providing training and consultancy to the..http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=94 Seminar: The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and UK websites- (Found June 24, 2008 ) A two hour seminar: Date: 25th May 9.45am - 12am. Book early to avoid disappointment. Venue: The Volunteer Centre, 84 Miller Street, Glasgow G1 1DT Cost: 39UK pounds per person. Facilitator: Jim Byrne email: ddaseminarjimbyrne.co.uk Does your website comply with the DDA Book your place on this seminar to explore the issues and find out what you need to know about the DDA and UK websites. This seminar is aimed at those individuals responsible for the creation, or management, of an...http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=95 New Website launched: Accessible Web Design Services Glasgow- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Former Making Connections Unit Director and Web accessibility specialist Jim Byrne has launched his new business website with the aim of helping organisations: Comply with Disability Discrimination legislation. Reach the largest potential audience - via an accessible, usable website. Access tailored training and support to maintain websites in the most efficient and accessible way.http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=96 60 Hot To Touch Accessible Web Design Tips by Jim Byrne - published in paperback today- (Found June 24, 2008 ) New book by Jim Byrne launched: 60 hot to touch Accessible Web Design tips - the tips no web developer can live without!. Now available in paperback. It takes a different approach to the standard big and heavy web technique tomes currently available - this one offers light bytes for easy digestion. It contains 60 easy to understand, practical tips you can put to good use when developing your next website.http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=97 How to hide a flash movie from screen readers and keyboard users- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Adding a Flash movie to your web page may be making the content of that page inaccessible to some visitors. For example, Keyboard users and people using screen reader users are likely to run into the following problems: The keyboard cannot be used to 'focus' on the flash movie, i.e. the user can't tab to the movie object and explore the content. When navigating the flash movie via the keyboard it is impossible to get back out again - making it impossible to explore the rest of the...http://www.mcu.org.uk/showlog.php?weblogid=84 |