|
BURNINGBIRD
|
|
a node at the edge
|
|
June 17, 2002
 Issues of Accessibility
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard about Mark Pilgrim's Thirty Days to a more Accessible Web. The series covers basic steps we can take to make sure our weblogs and web sites are accessible. His first tip is on DOCTYPES. I tested my weblog against the 508 accessibility test at Bobby and according to the results, not necessarily trivially easy to read, I should meet this standard. However, I don't meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 standard. Does anyone meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 standard? Once I'm settled, I'm enlisting the help of experts among my virtual neighbors (weblog translation - I'm whining, begging, and groveling for help because everyone knows I'm a back-end developer and know shit about front end stuff) to make sure my weblog and web sites are accessible. If you have a weblog, don't you have something to do about now? (And once you're done with that, move your tushie over to AKMA's and give him some requirements and suggestions for Thread the Needle.) Posted by Bb at June 17, 2002 09:09 PM Comments
If the default output is confusing, try the Advanced page. Here, for example, is the output on my home page: It's much easier to debug, since it shows you the actual line it's talking about instead of just the line number. Note that Bobby incorrectly states that I do not identify the language of my page, because Bobby does not support XHTML 1.1. I emailed their developers about this ages ago and they promised to fix it. I was hoping it would be in this maintenance release they just rolled out, but apparently not. So, ironically, I am probably the *only* blogger who can *not* achieve a Bobby AAA rating. Posted by: Mark Pilgrim on June 18, 2002 06:51 AMSpeaking of standards, what monitor size are you publishing for? I make your three columns about 880 pix using an onscreen ruler. I'm in the process of coding my new blog page, which I hope to have up next week, and was trying to decide whether to make the jump from 800x600 to 1024x768 but I'm worried that too many people will have sliders at the bottom of their screens. Do you have any thoughts? Posted by: Paul Graf on June 20, 2002 06:58 AMcare for an ironic observation? As of very recently, the Wisconsin School for the Blind website did not meet Bobby standards. Posted by: Frank Paynter on June 20, 2002 08:07 AMThanks for info, Mark. Paul, I actually code for 1024 x 768 - Of all the sizes I've worked, this slightly odd size seems to be the lessor of all evils. Frank - irony tis true. And they should be ashamed. However, I bet they don't have much of a budget. Posted by: Bb aka Shelley aka Weblog Bosswoman on June 20, 2002 08:13 PMPost a comment
|