Accessibility - are 'trustmarks' the answer?

... award ‘trustmarks’ to accessible websites. The idea ... was referring to accessibility guidelines 2. Lack ... with regards to accessibility adoption? The truth ... were taking their "accessibility responsibilities very seriously"...

Accessibility Best Practice - Switch Off to Get On?

... a recent AJAX and Accessibility article (Standards-Schmandards.com), which argues that: "Accessibility is often considered too...understanding and guidance surrounding accessibility, E-consultancy is ... people to overcome accessibility barriers and demystify ...

Ways that highly-designed websites can still be accessible and search friendly

... design that is accessible and search engine...be beautiful but accessible? Just yesterday I...their lack of accessibility compliance. Few of...the UK so accessibility (and possible litigation...pages without sacrificing accessibility, search engine friendliness...

Amex woes highlight common PDF accessibility problem

... prevented him from accessing his financial information ... experience providing web accessibility audits , this is...documents on otherwise accessible sites.  PDFs are...created in an accessible way.  Even still...guide to creating accessible PDFs There is...

Hotels.com sued over disabled access

... failure to guarantee disabled access to the hotels it...that Hotels.com lumps accessibility in with "amenities" ... places must be accessible to people with a... to create websites accessible to all. The US... public accommodations be accessible to disabled people, ...

AJAX and accessibility - Jaws to the rescue?

...like Ajax often have an accessibility weak spot since they need...off to meet the basic accessibility guidelines. Rumour has it that...of AJAX and the impacton accessibility a couple other useful ...out are the IBM Ajax Accessibility page by Becky Gibson,...

T-Mobile offers mobile internet access for £1 per day

T-Mobile has started offering its pre-pay customers web access from their mobiles for a maximum of £1 a day.... T-Mobile Web 'n' Walk service, which offers unrestricted access to the internet, unlike certain other operators that have notoriously ...

Google Analytics now offers immediate access for all

Google Analytics will from today provide instant access for anybody that wants to open an account and start using ...– 48 hours or so – but now Google is providing instant access for anybody that wants it. Google’s main strategy here is...

Google inks partnership for better govt. info access

Google is working with US state governments to make online information more easily accessible to citizens. The search site partnered with Arizona, Utah, California and Virginia so that "information that previously did not appear in a ...

UK firms blocking access to Facebook

More than 70% of UK businesses are preventing their employees from accessing Facebook while at work, according to a survey. Many are also reportedly warning their staff that use of the social network at work constitutes a sackable offence...

Majority of magazine website users access content online only

A majority of visitors to websites of monthly magazines in the US are accessing the content online rather than paying for a copy, according to a survey by Nielsen//NetRatings and MRI. An average of 83% of visitors to the sites of the 23 ...

Scheme gives etailers access to China

A new pilot programme is set to give foreign etailers access to China’s 163m web users for the first time. The service , launched by Alipay, an online payment subsidiary of Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group, enables foreign currency ...

Supermarkets make it hard for disabled users

... are falling below minimum accessibility standards for disabled users...in failing to address accessibility issues. The apathy in...E-consultancy roundtable on accessibility that the number ... of disability. Better accessibility means better conversion ...

Online charities and Web 2.0 - interview with Dean Russell

... to produce yet another accessibility report.  Instead we wanted...Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites ’. 2. Why are... these criteria (eg accessibility, blogging)? Yes I do...or require support can access their website, regardless ...

Charities failing to make the most of the web

... core areas: usability , accessibility , communication , transparency , responsiveness ... involvement in CSR. Accessibility scored catastrophically. Just...improved its usability, accessibility and communication. WaterAid...