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Web Axe Podcast

I was happy to be co-host of the most recent Web Axe podcast. Dennis and I discuss the Target lawsuit, YouTube captioning, Fangs for Firefox 3, and more. Web Axe was recently nominated as “Podcast of the Year”. Be sure to check out the other excellent podcasts available.

History of the browser user-agent string

In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1), and Mosaic displayed pictures along with text, and there was much rejoicing. And behold, then came a new web browser known as “Mozilla”, being short for “Mosaic Killer,” but Mosaic was not amused, so the public name was changed to Netscape, […]

Web Accessibility Gone Wild

Web Accessibility Gone Wild presents a wide variety of mistakes, misconceptions, over-indulgences, intricacies, and generally silly aspects of modern accessibility.

Target lawsuit settled

Target and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) have settled the lawsuit regarding accessibility of the Target.com web site. You can read the final settlement here. A summary of the settlement Target makes no admission or concession that its website is or ever was inaccessible. Target admits no violations of the ADA or any […]

Cognitive Literature Review

WebAIM readers interested in ways they may improve the design of web content to better include individuals with cognitive or learning disabilities may be interested in reading the results of a review of the literature completed by WebAIM. While we look forward to a publication of a more detailed academic article, those in the field […]