Seemingly the people behind the new Lily O' Brien's site were paying attention to my post and the thread over on the webmaster forum. It's a pity that their staff can't be as mature and graceful as Ross, but there's very little we can do about that .... In any case the site now "works" in lynx and the w3c validator is no longer blocked. I have to say "works" as the use of ALT … [Read more...] about Lily O Briens – Followup
accessibility
Accessibility, Ecommerce & Good Design – Buying Chocolates Online
I've mentioned issues with websites on more than occasion in the past. In some instances the issues have been mildly irritating, whereas in others they have been horrendous. When an ecommerce website basically tells me / my browser to "get lost" because I'm not using Javascript I get rather annoyed. However, for every website that tells users (and their browsers) to go … [Read more...] about Accessibility, Ecommerce & Good Design – Buying Chocolates Online
Adsense and Screen Readers
Up until earlier today I was using an interesting plugin called Adsense Injection which randomly displays different sized ad units on your posts (in random positions). While readers may find the adsense placement annoying I was amazed at how screen readers dealt with them, or more accurately, didn't. Darragh went to the trouble of posting what his screen reader gave him while … [Read more...] about Adsense and Screen Readers
Broken Websites
Websites that do not display or function correctly in browsers other than Internet Explorer are very irritating. Yesterday afternoon I tried to book a driving test online. While the site displayed perfectly in Firefox the order form did not work correctly, so I was forced to use Internet Explorer to complete the booking. It's 2006! Surely high profile websites are tested … [Read more...] about Broken Websites