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WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey Results
"In October 2009, WebAIM conducted a survey of preferences of screen reader users. This was a follow-up survey to a previous survey. We received 665 valid responses to the screen reader user survey. More in-depth analysis and documentation on the free-form responses will be available in the future.
A few disclaimers and notices:
* Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
* Total responses (n) for each question may not equal 665 due to respondents not answering that particular question.
* The sample was not controlled and may not represent all screen reader users.
* Care should be taken in interpreting these results. Responses are based upon user experiences with web content that is generally inaccessible. We cannot help but wonder if responses may have been different if screen reader interactions with web content were typically very positive.
* Data was analyzed using JMP Statistical Discovery Software version 8
* We hope to conduct a survey of this nature again in the future. If you have recommendations or questions you would like asked, please let us know. Additional analysis of this data and details on the responses to open-ended questions will be available in the future."
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Compatibility tables for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies
Ajaxian » IE=’\v’==’v’
That is the current winner in the shortest way to test for IE (including 8). The other notable was:
John Resig - Browser Page Load Performance
Steve Souders is currently doing more to improve the performance of web pages and web browsers than anyone else out there. When he worked at Yahoo! he was responsible for YSlow (a great tool for measuring ways to improve the performance of your site) and he wrote the book on improving page performance: High Performance Web Sites. Now he works for Google but much of what he's up to is the same: Making web pages load faster.
I've been really excited about one of his recent project releases: UA Profiler. The profiler is a tool that you can run in your browser to determine the status of a number of network-performance-specific features that tie heavily to browser page load performance.
Using Javascript to Fix 12 Common Browser Headaches
We advocate using CSS whenever possible, and we often successed. Modern browsers have very good support for CSS — it’s certainly good enough for you to use CSS to control layout and presentation. Sometimes however, certain page elements will appear differently in different browsers.
Don’t worry too much if you don’t know the reason why, play around with the CSS rules and check out this post: Using CSS to Fix Anything: 20+ Common Bugs and Fixes as well.
Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website
# CrossBrowserTesting.com allows website designers see what their website looks like in different browsers and in different operating systems.
# Don't settle for a picture, test your AJAX and Javascript as well as the layout.
How to get Cross Browser Compatibility Every Time | Anthony Short | Web Design & Development
Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most time consuming tasks for any web designer. We’ve seen many different articles over the net describing common problems and fixes. I’ve collated all the information I could find to create some coding conventions for ensuring that your site will work first time in every browser. There are some things you should consider for Safari and Firefox also, and IE isn’t always the culprit for your CSS woes.
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- Always use strict doctype and standards-compliant HTML/CSS
- Always use a reset at the start of your css
- Use opacity:0.99 on text elements to clean up rendering in Safari
- Never resize images in the CSS or HTML
- Check font rendering in every browser. Don't use Lucida
- Size text as a % in the body, and as em's throughout
- All layout divs that are floated should include display:inline and overflow:hidden
- Containers should have overflow:auto and trigger hasLayout via a width or height
- Don't use any fancy CSS3 selectors
- Don't use transparent PNG's unless you have loaded the alpha
Here is a quick summary for those of you who don't want to read the whole article:
Craftymind » GUIMark Detailed Analysis
Performance of the User Interface of websites in browsers (multiple results)
Delivering the right experience to the right device | Filament Group, Inc.
Inspired by Jeremy Keith's concept of Hijax, we've adopted the practice of coding with progressive enhancement in mind to ensure optimal accessibility, compatibility with multiple browsers and platforms, and ease of maintenance for each site or web application. But how do you do that when so many browsers only partially support javascript and CSS techniques? We met the challenge by developing a script to test the browser's ability to handle modern coding techniques, and ensure a usable experience for all.
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