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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Accessible custom scrollbars?
While it seems that the general consensus on custom scrollbars is that they are somewhat detrimental to overall user experience, powers beyond my control are suggesting their implementation is ...
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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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Is a popover a good way to present short pieces of information on a website?
I'm currently designing a website on which I have to include the obligatory legalese. So: copyright info, privacy policy etc. There's not a whole lot of text though, at best two paragraphs of text for ...
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Input mask on credit card number & SSN
Our company is discussing the use of an input mask (asterisk) on credit card numbers and social security numbers.
I'm completely against masking the CCN, from a UX perspective, especially since our ...
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Would it be better to show a calendar picker by default instead of an input field with pop-up date picker?
On a travel site which is for Desktop, iPhone, iPad too, would it be better for UX and Accessibility to show the calendar itself on page by default
Like this
Or the most popular way, a input box ...
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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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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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Get results over time without JavaScript
I need to build a table which is populated over time.
The same behaviour you have on flight comparison websites like skyscanner where the flights appear progressively in the page.
I also need to ...
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Is User Triggered Background Audio Acceptable?
We're designing a web presentation for a client, and the subject of including "white noise" background audio (crowds etc) after a video has finished to enrich the presentation and tie the different ...
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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 ...
3
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1answer
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What is the proper WAI ARIA role naming convention for shopping cart?
Designing an e-commerce website that is accessible, what would be the proper WAI ARIA role-attribute for the "shopping cart" section of the page?
I understand the current available document landmark ...
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2answers
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Does the Foundation framework comply with Section 508 and other accessibility standards?
I'm considering using the Foundation framework for a responsive design for two of my current projects, but I would like to know this: is Foundation designed to adhere to accessibility standards? If ...
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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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2answers
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Advise strategy for partially translated webpage
I am working on a site and some but not all of the content is being translated into French. The content that is being translated is the long description and summaries of the content items (which are ...
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Is it better to rasterize text into a header image or overlay it as text?
If you want to have a fixed header on a web page that also includes text, is it better to make that text part of the image, or to overlay the text in the header frame (such that the text is ...
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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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3answers
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Which one has more career opportunities: web usability or web accessibility?
I'm wondering which one will be more valuable and have more career opportunities. Web usability or web accessibility. Please show statistics or any valid information if possible.
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Is it “unsafe” to rely only on placeholders (input fields)? [duplicate]
I've noticed that in many sites, the text within input fields are always either label tags and span tags. Twitter's example:
(in this case, the labels seem to be inside the input field).
I never ...
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2answers
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using iframe in modal window good or bad?
I am working on a flow that as part of it can ask the user to select an address but if the address is not in the system i am using a modal window to allow them add one so not to move them away from ...
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1answer
441 views
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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3answers
284 views
WCAG vs 508 - which one to use?
Are there any statistics if companies prefer 508 compliance vs WCAG guidelines? What have you guys used during your projects? I saw WCAG guidelines and seems like it is more exhaustive but wasn't sure ...
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4answers
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Which alternative text (alt) for static maps?
If screenreader users visit a contact page (on a company website) that contains a static map as image, what should be read to them? So: Which alternative text (content of the HTML alt attribute) ...
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1answer
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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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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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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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Dark labels or light labels
Just wondering what your opinions are on html forms. Is it better to have a light coloured label and a dark coloured value or the other way round, a dark label with a light value?
What are the ...
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Is this contrast readable?
On this oh-so-slowly-developing page, there is the column headed "Bid x Ask", which reflects the numbers of bids and offers on the stock option in the row:
Are the numbers here readable? How can I ...
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Where is the best place to put example input for a form? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where should form instructions or hints be placed?
Which of the following is the best place for the example (e.g. 12345) on long/short/busy/simple forms? (...and why?)
...
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Do help icons in headings interfere with heading-based navigation?
If I have:
<h2>
Edit your details
<a href="/help?topic=editDetails">
<img
src="/images/helpIcon.gif"
width="20" height="20"
alt="Help about: Editing your ...
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Input checkboxes wrapped inside <labels>
I usually tend to wrap my checkboxes and radio button inside their respective labels and was wondering whether this is considered a good UX practice.
Pros/cons ?
One of my main reasons is that it ...
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1answer
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ideas on instant messenger implementation on a website
Im looking for a discussions, feedback and ideas on implementing a custom instant messenger implementation in my webapp. I have tried some ideas but they all lack and I dont feel like "ok this feels ...
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Dyslexia friendly colors for wider audience? [closed]
I have met few dyslexic people and asked them about their reading style.
Some of them said that typing on black key board with white writing is easier for them, it helps them identify the shape of ...
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Usability of linking to target ID on page refresh
One of our partners is building an application I designed and tested in Axure. I had inferred some AJAX interactions with changing and adding some content to a page, but the developers have built this ...
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Accessibility of JSF's frameworks
I'm blind and I would like to add the support of a JSF framework in my project.
I would know if you know of a framework that is focused on accessibility and that has these three components:
1) A ...
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1answer
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Showing read only data in a label on a form (508 implications) [closed]
One of the definitions of a HTML label is:
The HTML label element associates a piece of text to a control
What is the correct way to render HTML when the label itself is NOT "for" another label?
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Best way to display different site links (eg Google, Diapers.com, etc)
I have a site which performs different search services. For example, some of my different searches are weather, events, and business search.
What's the best way to give the user a way to switch ...
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1answer
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Text-to-speech button placement on a webpage
My project specification requires we place a listen button (making voice reader active) on every webpage in our system. I'm wondering where to place this kind of button.
Many website items (such as ...
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How are Audio Captchas created? [closed]
How are Audio Captchas created?
Is there a service provides the audio Catpchas that blind people complete when filling out a Captcha?
Is there a 3rd party service or do each provider make their ...
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1answer
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Where best to put comment box [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should you place the “add a comment” form above or below the list of comments?
Where would you regard as the best place to put a comment box? Immediately ...
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How can I test a web site about accessibility and usability? [closed]
I'm blind and I should do some tests about accessibility and usability on different web sites so, how can I do the tests correctly?
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1answer
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JSF + PrimeFaces + Screen Readers [closed]
I need to develop a demo application (not a website) with PrimeFaces to see if the screen readers can read a screen made in it. Can anyone give me any tips? Is it possible? Is there any guide?
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