Accessibility News Snippets
A variety of snippets of news suggest that accessibility and usability are going up the agenda and more organisations are recognising the needs of people with disabilities
The accessibility blog contains short pieces of news and thoughts on accessibility and usability. Accessibility covers making all of ICT easier to use by people with disabilities and challenges and how to make peoples lives easier by the use of ICT. Deeper examination of product and supplier matters appear in Peter Abrahams publications and articles for Bloor Research.
Apple Leopard is more accessible but not good enough
Leopard, the latest version of Apple Mac operating system, has some new features that help accessibility but the design of some of them suggest that Apple still do not take the issue really seriously.
Teradata Partners Oct 2007 – Part 2.
We report on some of the education available at this Teradata User Group conference.
Accessible to whom?
Should web sites be accessible to all regardless of disability? The simple answer is yes, this article investigates in more detail.
Teradata Partners Oct 2007 – Part 1.
A management-level report from the successful Teradata User Group Conference in Ls Vegas, dealing with competitive issues.
Three cheers for Target for fighting accessibility
Target, the US retailer, are being sued for having an inaccessible web site. By fighting the case the law has been clarified which is good for accessibility. Hence the tongue in cheek three cheers.
Data Migration
With this article Bloor Research is making two papers (one a survey and the other a white paper) on data mingration available for free download.
Document formats and accessibility
ISO have had a second ballot on OpenXML. IBM has joined OpenOffice.org. What will be the impact on accessibility, assistive technologies, browser support and other user interfaces?
A different approach to spreadsheets
EASA's spreadsheet management software is a spreadsheet automation tool. That is, it enables the creation of spreadsheet applications whereby the original spreadsheet is held in a database
The Big Ask – try to join the march without a mouse
Friends of the Earth are asking us to join Thebigask march. I believe it is a very worthwhile cause but they have made it very difficult for disabled people to join. Try it and see why it is so inaccessible and why you should join anyway.