a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility is often used to focus on people with disabilities or special needs and their right of access to entities
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empty cells in accessible html tables
For an html data table in which each row represents an item (such as an email) would screen-reader users prefer empty table cells to be empty or to have a placeholder like a dash?
In my brief ...
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How to determine whether links have enough contrast?
I find it very hard to distinguish links from normal text on Programmers Stack Exchange, especially visited links on wall-of-text posts. The colour scheme used is:
Background #fafafa (there's a ...
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Best way to link to PDFs/Word docs/etc?
I need to include links to PDFs, Word docs and other document types on a web page. A lot of sites display an icon for the file type, plus the file size. I'm inclined to remove both the icon and file ...
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Scrollbar on the left
Is there a deep study that suggests to place a scrollbar on the right? Personally I move it to the left whenever it's possible (firefox allow this, as well as xterm and emacs).
I know that placing a ...
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Accessibility and the use of font characters for icons
It seems to be a trend for the moment to embed custom web dingbat fonts and use them as icons on web pages. But isn't it so that a screen reader will read those characters out load? So when it for ...
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Is F1-F12 the same for every keyboard/language
I have little tooltip graphics, each with a picture of a keyboard shortcut. Sometimes, the picture is a F5, a F10, etc.
I was wondering (for accessibility reasons) if everyone has a keyboard with "F" ...
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Accessibility for touch screen devices (e.g. iPad, iPhone)
By touch screen, I mean things like the iPhone and iPad.
How are touch screen devices being made accessible? Are there any development guidelines that should be adhered to? Could a blind person ...
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Accessibility in modern web applications
I'm currently part of a team that develops a complex web application for a German customer (sorry, cannot say anything about the project). We would like "to be a good citizen" and develop the ...
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What's a good scroll bar equivalent for a spiral script?
One of my friends is writing a fictional story about a people who use a script that is read in a spiral from the inside out. They write on long coils of flexible material, and longer texts are fed ...
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Should a website directed towards programmers and code enthusiasts require IE8 (and earlier) support?
Very simple question:
Should a website directed towards programmers and code enthusiasts require IE8 (and earlier) support?
To elaborate (on why to ask such a question),
I assume most experienced web ...
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How to correctly encode a leaderboard with a gap in HTML
I want to display a leaderboard like so:
1 - John 232342
2 - Mary 45234
3 - Luke 234
59 - You 45
It's an ordered list but I can't make an ordered list that jumps from 3 to an arbitrary ...
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What are good resources for testing UI design for color-blind users? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I check if my user interface is suited for colorblind people?
I'd like to ensure that color blind users experience the UI with sufficient contrast between ...
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Is the alt attribute on navigation sufficient for section 508 compliance?
I was wondering for a html page which has two navigation options ( 1. Login method 2. Roles), is it just sufficient to provide a alt text to describe what they do?
Or should I try to have something ...
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How to get into accessibility consulting?
I’m a totally blind software developer who does mostly server side programming. I’ve had some experience with section 508 assessments and am an experienced screen reader user. While I have a full time ...
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Is it good practice to have a change contrast or higher contrast buttons for users?
Is it good practice to have a change contrast or higher contrast buttons for users?
As depending on the vision problem users may need different contrast conditions for comfortable reading. Some sites ...
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What are the UX strengths and weaknesses of Google+? [closed]
Google Plus is a new product from Google that seems to be a Facebook-like social application. It also seems to supercede Google Buzz. It is sort of integrated into GMail.
It offers a number of UX ...
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What are some best practices to follow when designing for users completely unfamiliar with computers?
In User Testing in the Wild: Joe’s First Computer Encounter, a researcher for Mozilla encounters a 60 year old man who has never used a computer and describes what it was like to have him use a ...
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Accessible CMS software
My company needs to incorporate some CMS software into their public web site. We want software that produces semantic mark-up to maximise accessibility. Can anyone suggest any?
At the current time, ...
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How do you design a registration form?
I am trying to learn about registration forms, what should I be careful about when designing one? Is there any "best practice" or do you know any great websites with great examples of registration ...
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Changing the behavior of the arrow keys with JavaScript
In the context of a widget on a website, what is the preferred way of changing the behavior of the arrow keys with JavaScript?
The user can't scroll with the arrow
keys and can use the arrow keys in
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Accesskeys for enterprise web apps / SaaS - worth it?
(Not sure what accesskeys are? Here is an ALA post about them)
If you've ever implemented accesskeys on a web app, do you know if they got used (outside of accessibility concerns)? There seem to be ...
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Cursor position and movement in Bidi Input.
In the case of Bidi input, where both RTL and LTR types languages can be mixed together, what should be the cursor position? And what should be the movement of the cursor with Home and End buttons?
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Are “reset” buttons redundant? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is a cancel button necessary in a web form?
Are form "reset" buttons redundant? If not, why not? Give me a case where they are completey accepted, useful and maybe even ...
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Please recommend a widget to alter ratios totalling 100% [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to build a budgeting interface (sum of items must equal 100)?
I need the user to be able to change the ratios of items adding up to 100%. Essentially, I'm talking ...
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Proper usage of fieldset / legend tags
I'm wondering what the suggested usage of <fieldset>s are on a webpage.
For example, on a simple page with just one form (one set of inputs) is it still recommended to use a fieldset? Or should ...
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What are some things to consider when optimizing a web page for a projector? [closed]
I'm guessing I should plan for low resolution and big fonts? Any good examples out there?
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Citation for the proposition “flashing boxes on the screen are annoying”
It seems self-evident that one should not put a large box on the screen and then change its dominant color frequently (i.e. make it flash) because it's very hard to ignore and will irritate people, ...
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User interface for a text to speech function [closed]
I want to present to user with a "text to speech" function (similar to the google translate "listen" button).
I am thinking of a button showing a human face talking. Here is a self-made draft (yes ...
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Font sizes for WCAG2.0 AAA
Anyone know what the WCAG2.0 definition of 'Normal' and 'Large' fonts are, as they relate to the AA and AAA levels?
I've googled and read the WCAG site and docs but unless I'm being really stupid ...
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what youtube embed is more accessible for users w/ screenreaders/only keyboards
I notice that Youtube now likes to embed videos using an Iframe, but will still allow the old object method.
I'm just curious which method would be best for people using the site in an unconventional ...
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What are the most common UIs/Components? What are their Strengths/Weaknesses? How to improve? [closed]
Hm, I am fininding myself wishing that we had communitywiki
After seeing this question: What is the most common user interface in the world? I thought it would be educational to not limit the ...
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Is using the alt-attribute for text-as-graphics ok?
There are several ways to present text on your web page in exactly the font your designer decided; as an image, a flash hack, some javascript hack, dynamic fonts. But to this day, the only thing that ...
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What video players/sites are fully accessible?
I am in need of a video player that is fully accessible, but I'm hoping not to have to code it from scratch.
How accessible are the youtube/vimeo players? are there other ones pre-made online that ...
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Do manufacturers of markers produce different shapes for each type (whiteboard/permanent) so you can tell the difference by touch?
In the sense that this is an interface with the user of pens, I thought this might be an acceptable place to ask this question, but if it's just application interfaces, then please remove or close ...
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Flash, Silverlight and Accessibility
Simple question, although the answer probably isn't...
Do Flash or Silverlight offer accessibility options?
Should we ever use these if we are trying to build a truly accessible site?
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What are the best resources for designing “accessible” interfaces?
I'm reading Steve Krug's book "Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability" and there are a few good sources that he points to that will help designers design more accesible ...
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User accessibility for mobile applications [closed]
What are key points of mobile UI accessibility?
What is a difference between mobile and desktop accessibility?
Is there any recommendations we can use?
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What size should I make my icons so that people with some degree of visual impairment can use my application?
My application has to cater for people with a degree of visual impairment.
Should I have larger icons throughout or have an option that allows the user to select the icon size (small, normal, large)?
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iFrame accessibility and usability issues
Aside from confused scrolling and screen reader problems (and I'm not downplaying these issues, it's just that I've already discussed them at length), are there any concrete accessibility and ...
