New Search Engine favors Accessibility

Google Labs released an accessible web search. They claim it uses a slightly different algorithm that favors sites that are accessible and degrade well. Its funny that a company known for its invalid markup is filtering out other people with invalid markup. The title “Accessible Web Search for the Visually Challenged” seems to wrongly suggest that accessibility is only about people with visual impairments.

Accessibility | July 20th RSS

An online i-mode emulator

If you have ever wondered what your website might look like on different mobile devices, then here is a very interesting emulator that will definitely have you developers and accessibility geeks tweaking your files. You can also emulate your website with this other similar tool. A small tip: use @import in the style-tag of your header file.

Accessibility | June 2nd RSS

A contrast accessibility tool

An online accessibility testing tool that visually converts a full-color web page into a grayscale rendition. When dealing with hues other than black, white, and gray, it’s sometimes difficult to determine the relative value of each colour. A good way to ensure that your colour palette provides enough contrast.

Accessibility | May 31st RSS