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Fahrner Image Replacement (FIR) FIR is a standards-compliant technique that uses stylesheets and ordinary HTML to provide a visible image, usually consisting of text. The CSS specifies that the image will display in most cases; if it should not display for some reason, the underlying structural HTML markup is supposed to take its place… Because it does not nest an image inside a heading, FIR is at least superficially better for accessibility.
Flash accessibility
- Adobe Accessibility Resource Center. Need your Web site Section 508 compliant? Get information and tools to make your web pages accessible, including the ability to test your Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Shockwave files.
- Can Flash be made accessible? Yes: JK Rowling Flash website - Case study - Web Access Centre
  "The J.K. Rowling accessible website was launched in July 2005 and is recognised as one of the most advanced and accessible Rich Media experiences, pioneering new accessibility features for disabled, blind and partially sighted internet users."
- Can Flash be considered accessible? - from accessible.ie, "An Irish Perspective on Accessibility and Usability"
Flickering content or high contrast oscillating patterns may trigger Photosensitive Epilepsy, an article from Juicy Studio about the need to avoid flickering Web content, using photosensitive epilepsy as the basis for discussion.
Floatutorial Maxdesign’s step-by-step guide shows how to float elements such as images, drop caps, and next and back buttons to create image galleries, inline lists, and multicolumn layouts.
Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS).
How People with Disabilities Use the Webprovides scenarios and descriptions for how different types of disabilities affect Web use.
IBM Accessibility Center Contains information on how to make websites accessible as well as build accessible software.
Of particular interest is Understanding Disability Issues When Designing Web Sites.
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology online service. See Computing > Computers And Society > Social Issues Computing > Information Interfaces And Presentation (e.g., HCI) > User Interfaces.
Jim Thatcher accessibility consulting
Juicy Studio promotes best practices for making Web site accessible for all.
Making E-communication Accessible is a supplement to the SAIF Standards for Disability Information and Advice Provision in Scotland. [UK]
Motor Disabilities techniques and concepts
Nielsen Norman Group Report Beyond ALT Text: Making the Web Easy to Use for Users With Disabilities 75 Best Practices for Design of Websites and Intranets, Based on Usability Studies with People Who Use Assistive Technology.
Microsoft Accessibility Center. Includes accessibility information for developers.
Project: New for new designers and designers new to standards
Quick Tips for Web Accessibility
"Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines", 2006 edition. Also available in PDF format (157.4 MB )
SSB Technologies, Inc.
Side by Side WCAG vs. 508 comparison
The Paciello Group accessible interface design help for government agencies, technology vendors, e-commerce corporations, and educational institutions
- Accessibility Tips
Universal Design Education Online.
Validating an entire site: Installing the W3C HTML Validator on MAc OS X
U.S. Government Website Accessibility Guidelines. This is an annotated table created to assist NASA webmasters in the goal of making all Government websites accessible to persons with disabilities.
WAI Magazine Short summaries about accessibility tools for Web developers.
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Watchfire WebXM™ online Web analysis
Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM)
Wired Seniors: A fervent few, inspired by family ties, by Susannah Fox, et al. (). A Pew report, 9 September 2001, found that four million Americans aged 65 and over were online, sending e-mail to family members and surfing for important information. Demographics research report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. By now, that number has increased significantly.
World Usability Day: 3 November
World Wide Web Usability International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) (1997) 47(1) 1-222 [United Kingdom]
Word to HTML conversion tools
- Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft® Office offers tools to convert Word to HTML and to convert PowerPoint to HTML
- CZ Document Converter