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Specification for an Accessible Lightbox
Published: Dec 16th, 2011 | 4 Comments
Lightbox or pop-up panel functionality is very popular on sites these days. It’s a way of showing extra information on a page without having to move away from the page.
However one problem of using lightbox functionality on a site is that most implementations are not fully accessible, and for some people the functionality can appear to break the site.
This post looks at key accessibility and usability problems with most lightboxes and proposes a specification for an improved lightbox that could work for everyone.
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WordPress and Accessibility – a11yLDNmeetup December 1st 2011
Published: Dec 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
Here is my ‘script’ from a lightning talk I gave to the inaugural a11yLDNmeetup in London on 1st December 2011.
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WordPress Keyboard Accessible Dropdown Menus Plugin Version 0.1
Published: Dec 1st, 2011 | 3 Comments
This post focusses on a WordPress plugin that I’ve put together that enables the dropdown menus in the default WordPress themes to be operated by keyboard only users.
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Accessible Forms – Grouping Elements Together With Fieldset
Published: Oct 11th, 2011 | 1 Comment
The fieldset HTML element (and its accompanying legend element) can be used to group any set of input fields. Its use is optional but in certain situations it is really useful to improve accessibility in web forms. This post explains its use and accessibility benefits.
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Accessibility London 2011 Presentations
Published: Oct 7th, 2011 | No Comments
The Accessibility London 2011 Unconference recently took place at City University in London. The event was very successful – the tickets once again being snapped up very quickly.
The full schedule from the day can be found on the Accessibility London website but this post contains a brief run down of the presentations I gave.
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