Archive for May, 2006
Run IE7 as a standalone browser window
2 Comments Published 2 years, 1 month ago in IE7 and Quick Tips Digg ThisDebugging IE7beta can become tedious when you need to continualy install, reboot, uninstall, reboot, etc to switch between IE6 and IE7b2 for testing. Jon Galloway has created a great method to run IE7 as a self contained browser. This will save you many hours in rebooting to test between the browsers. I’ve been using it [...]
Making AJAX work with screen readers
0 Comments Published 2 years, 1 month ago in AJAX, Accessibility and Quick Tips Digg ThisGez Lemon and Steve Faulkner have published an excellent description of how screen readers react to AJAX and what you can do to make your AJAX-powered pages more accessible. Making AJAX work with screen readers is a comprehensive description of the mechanics behind screen reader behavior, workarounds, and theory. Hats off to these programmers for [...]
New version of Firebug released
0 Comments Published 2 years, 1 month ago in CSS, Firefox, JavaScript, Online Resource and Quick Tips Digg ThisFirebug will soon join the web developer toolbar as a can’t-live-without tool in your browser. This Firefox extension lets you track down the JS, CSS, and HTML errors that are driving you crazy. Joe Hewitt just released the latest version of Firebug. Get it now while the going is good.
To hell with bad accessibility requirements
0 Comments Published 2 years, 1 month ago in Accessibility, Quick Tips and Standardista Digg ThisSorry Jeffrey Zeldman for twisting your words, but they rang through my mind when I saw the latest missive from Joe Clark, the WCAG Samarai. Zeldman led the troops through the battle over standards guerrilla war against the browsers.
Now Joe is doffing his commanders uniform, I’m hoping it’s a rather smart one with sophisticated [...]
Is it ok to use span?
2 Comments Published 2 years, 1 month ago in CSS, HTML Elements, Quick Tips and Span Digg ThisThe <span> tag is often avoided by developers at all costs. It carries no semantic or presentational value and exisits solely as a container and hook for a developer’s CSS. Many argue that more semantic options, i.e. <strong> or <em> should be used instead. This is a good argument, but never say never.
Think about [...]
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