Several years ago I read an article by Garrett Dimon titled “User preferences are for sissies” (available at archive.org, also see this 37signals article). The general idea is that when you present preferences to the end user it typically indicates that you screwed up – either you are forcing the user to account for a […]
We’ve reported over the last several years about the target.com lawsuit and eventual settlement. The $6,000,000 settlement required that Target would implement accessibility for users with visual disabilities, among other things. We’re happy to report that the target.com web site is now quite accessible. Sporting a new design and accessibility features, the site can be […]
Data Tables vs. Layout Tables Screen readers treat data tables differently than layout tables. Layout tables are not identified and are read linearly as standard page content. Data tables, however, will be identified, the number or rows and columns read, and functionality provided for users to navigate through the table by cell. While tables have […]
It may be trite, but this is a season of thanksgiving and of reflection. While many of us experienced our yearly turkey-laden thanks this past week with family and friends, WebAIM is celebrating 10 years of thankfulness for our work, and for your participation in the web accessibility community. Few know that this past year […]
The results from WebAIM’s most recent survey are now available at http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey2/. Thank you to those who participated. We had 665 responses to the survey. The data collected is informative, useful, and will help direct development of accessible content for screen reader users. Be sure to check out the results of our previous survey as […]
