October 2013 Newsletter
Feature
New WebAIM Website
WebAIM has just launched a new website with new design and almost entirely updated content. Check it out at webaim.org.
News
WebAIM Web Accessibility Training
WebAIM's next web accessibility training is scheduled for January 14-15 in Logan, Utah.
Accessing Higher Ground
Join WebAIM's Jonathan Whiting and others in the accessibility field at this conference November 4-8. A virtual conference is also available.
Resources
Icon fonts and user-defined style sheets
Gez Lemon explains potential accessibility issues with icon fonts if users define their own user font styles.
Using the HTML5 section element
Léonie Watson outlines proper and improper usage of this HTML5 element.
Easy Chirp 2 soft beta launched!
Early beta release of this popular and highly accessible Twitter client.
Using the WAVE Toolbar
This captioned video by Easter Seals Crossroads outlines how to use the WAVE toolbar (http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar) to evaluate web site accessibility.
Quick Tip: Accessibility, Code Validation, and WCAG 2.0
Valid code, meaning code that follows the HTML and CSS specifications, supports accessibility. Valid code, however, does not ensure accessibility. WCAG 2.0 does not require valid code (use the W3C validator to test your page), but does require that significant parsing errors (such as incomplete start and end tags, improperly nested elements, etc.) are avoided. While well-intentioned, if a code validation error results in a true accessibility issue for end users, it is almost always addressed elsewhere in WCAG 2.0.
WebAIM E-mail Discussion List
Subscribe to the WebAIM E-mail Discussion List
View the Discussion List Archives
Selected recent threads