Posted on June 15th 2009, in Food, Real Life.
Chorizo, Taleggio & Polenta Bake is fabulously full of flavour. It’s also incredibly easy to make, and perfect for sharing with friends.
Like most good recipes, this one has evolved over the years. I’m not exactly sure where the original idea came from, but it bares little resemblance to this personalised version. In any case, it goes particularly well with a bottle of crisp white wine though.
Posted on June 1st 2009, in Accessibility, Screen Readers, Web Development.
Rich Internet Application (RIA) websites encourage people to generate content, collaborate online and make choices about the information they receive. Unsurprisingly, RIA websites can represent a considerable challenge for screen reader users. The WAI’s Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)is an emerging standard that aims to bridge the gap between RIA websites and screen reading technology.
Continue reading Screen Reader Support for ARIA Live Regions
Posted on May 21st 2009, in Accessibility, Screen Readers, Web Life.
There’s simply no denying it. Twitter is one of the web’s killer applications of the moment. It’s not uncommon to hear of people buying a computer and getting online, just so they can start tweeting.
Twitter is also proving popular with blind and partially sighted people. The Twitter website itself is reasonably accessible, and there are several accessible alternatives available to people as well.
Posted on May 4th 2009, in Accessibility, Screen Readers, Web Development.
Bruce Lawson recently asked whether adding rel=accessibility to the HTMl 5 specification was a good idea. Among the initial comments, Jared Smith noted that getting assistive technologies to support the idea might be a problem. For the major screen readers at least, I thought it could be easily solved though.
Posted on March 10th 2009, in Screen Readers, Web Life.
Emoticons are short strings of punctuation intended to express emotions in type written text. Text can be a very antiseptic way of communicating and without the ability to see the facial expressions of the person you are talking to, it can sometimes be difficult to correctly interpret the meaning of what they are saying.
Posted on February 1st 2009, in Accessibility, Web Development.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The WAI are a branch of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organisation that provides guidelines and specifications for many web technologies.
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