18 January 2010
Do most people even know what ‘www’ means in a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)? Is the www prefix really needed on today’s Internet? Read the rest of this entry »
15 January 2010
Headings (h1-h6) should be used to begin sections; they should NOT be used for font effects (that is what CSS is for). Using one h1 tag, and progressive h2-h6 tags not only creates a page structure which is easy to scan and find relevant content for sighted users, but it enhances accessibility for users of screen reader software. Read the rest of this entry »
4 November 2009
There was much debate in the past about these tags, and if you are not concerned with accessibility then you can stop reading right now! But if accessibility DOES concern you, read on… Read the rest of this entry »
30 October 2009
I wanted to share some basic accessibility guidelines I created a few years to share with some other web developers I work with.
- Don’t use tables for layout, use CSS.
- Don’t use font tags, use CSS.
- Don’t use <b></b> to emphasize words, use <strong></strong> instead. Read the rest of this entry »
16 October 2009
As a web developer it is critical to test with multiple browsers. Since 1996, when I first began developing web pages, I have always tested with the current version of IE and Netscape (now Firefox). That still provides a fairly good test, but today, with many people (rightfully) hanging on to older version of MS Windows and older version of IE, it is important to test with older versions of IE also. Read the rest of this entry »