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A Collection of Web Design Horror Stories and Quotes from Bad Clients : Speckyboy Design Magazine
Stories of crappy clients. We could have e-learning versions of at least half of these.
HTML 5: The Markup Language
List of elements in HTML 5, clearly indicated what's new & what elements have changed.
3.8 / Technical manual / eZ Publish / Documentation - Doc
Manual for eZ Publish (the CMS we use for our intranet)
WebAIM: Blog - WCAG 2.0 and Link Colors
The WCAG 2.0 guidelines for contrasting colors mean that if color is the only indicator of difference, you need to have sufficient contrast. It's really hard to meet the requirements with color alone, but if you underline your links it's OK.
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Because of the WCAG 2.0 contrast requirements, if you don’t underline your links, there’s not much flexibility if you want to be Level AA, let alone Level AAA conformant.
elearningpost » Review: What every intranet team should know
Recommendation for a book on intranet redesign--a project our team is going to take on shortly
Accessibility tools, web developer tools, wizards and markup generators | Accessify
Create accessible forms, YouTube captions, skip nav links, etc.
New accessibility features in Firefox 3.5 « Marco’s accessibility blog
New features include support for text attributes, spell check, and HTML 5 video/audio
Harry Maugans » How to Create an Animated, Sliding, Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
Similar to the other link about collapsible text, but this one allows for animation and has two separate links for sliding down & sliding up
Harry Maugans » How to Create a Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
Directions for creating text that you can expand and collapse. Seems to be accessible too
Cynthia Says Portal
Section 508 or WCAG validator
Example: Using YUI to provide links to more content
Javascript and CSS solution for a "more" link that expands and collapses content
Repper -> create your own patterns!
Create a kaleidoscope-like pattern with any photo or image. Images are licensed CC-By-NC
WebAIM: Blog - Accessibility Blog Roundup II
Blogs about accessibility (plus a few general web design blogs that sometimes cover accessibility)
A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy
Why aesthetics are important to web design (and by extension, online learning)--we shouldn't approach visual design as an add on, but a core part of the design
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According to a 2002 study, the “appeal of the overall visual design of a site, including layout, typography, font size, and color schemes,” is the number one factor we use to evaluate a website’s credibility.
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Researchers in Japan setup two ATMs, “identical in function, the number of buttons, and how they worked.” The only difference was that one machine’s buttons and screens were arranged more attractively than the other. In both Japan and Israel (where this study was repeated) researchers observed that subjects encountered fewer difficulties with the more attractive machine. The attractive machine actually worked better.
10 Simple and Impressive Design Techniques | How-To | Smashing Magazine
Contrast, gradients, color, letter spacing, anti-aliasing, imperfection, blur, alignment, trim fat. Examples for each.
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Check website accessibility with a free tool from WebAIM. You can enter a URL, upload a file, or paste HTML code. There's also a Firefox toolbar that lets you check content that is password protected etc.
Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Recommendations for drop-down navigation menus with big menus grouped with structure
Colorblind Web Page Filter
Enter a URL, see what the webpage looks like for multiple kinds of colorblindness. Easy to switch from one filter to another to see different variations.
Web Accessibility for Cognitive and Learning Disabilities: A Review of Research-Based Evidence in the Literature
Literature review on research related to accessibility specifically for cognitive disabilities. One conclusion from this review is that there's very little research actually out there to draw from; most guidelines and recommendations aren't grounded in much evidence.
WebAIM: Screen Reader Survey Results
Results of a survey of screen reader users. Screen reader users are not uniform in their responses; proficiency levels and preferences vary widely. Clear heading structure is recommended, as this was a very common navigation technique. Because of the diversity of responses, it may be best to provide options so people can access content in the way that works for them.
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