Sur le Web, actualités accessibilité numérique, septembre 2008

Actualités du mois

• "Update on WAVE"
  Eight months ago, WebAIM announced the first general release of the new WAVE Web Accessibility Tool version 4. Since that time, the WAVE team has been hard at work fixing bug [...]
  Aaron Andersen, WebAIM Blog (2008-09-30)
• "WCAG 2.0 Implementations: Most done, a few to go"
  Since publishing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 as a Candidate Recommendation, the WCAG Working Group has been collecting and evaluating implementations [...]
  WAI (2008-09-30)
• "Multiple form labels and screen readers"
  Just about every website needs some forms. Sometimes there are many of them, sometimes just a single contact form [...]
  Roger Johansson, 456 Berea Street (2008-09-30)
• "Accessibility tested web sites: Nokia vs. Sony Ericsson"
  Having done an amount of cell phone research lately, I've had the not-so-pleasant experience of seeing the level of quality of certain cell phone vendor web sites. Therefore, I'd like to compare Nokia vs. Sony Ericsson [...]
  Robert Nyman, Robert's Talk (2008-09-29)
• "Speeding adoption of WAI-ARIA"
  The Web Accessiiblity Initiative's Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, WAI-ARIA is a simple way to add information to HTML that can make Ajax applications accessible [...]
  Bruce Lawson (2008-09-27)
• "Calculating Color Contrast for Legible Text"
  In the past on Particletree, we've shared some of our favorite resources and guides for helping the color challenged and uninspired get their chromatic deliciousness on. As a designer, getting to choose the colors is often the part of the job I like the best. However, there are times when it's nice to be able to write some code to help make some of the decisions for you [...]
  Kevin Hale, Particletree (2008-09-23)
• "Open Accessibility: tout le monde peut le faire"
  Je ne sais pas si vous l'avez senti vous aussi, mais il y a comme un frémissement dans le petit monde de l'accessibilité [...]
  Olivier, Webyboom (2008-09-19)
• "Window-Eyes 7.0 is Now Available"
  GW Micro is proud to announce the official release of Window-Eyes 7.0. The maturity of Window-Eyes has reached unprecedented levels in this latest version [...]
  GW Micro (2008-09-18)
• "Understanding Disabilities when Designing a Website"
  With 75% of the US population and 65% of the UK population having internet access at home, it is imperative that websites are designed to be both accessible and usable. The WCAG Guidelines, introduced in 1999, go some way to helping web developers create accessible websites-but [...]
  Leona Tomlinson, Digital Web Magazine (2008-09-16)
• "Contrast Analyser, Version 2.1"
  The WAT-C Colour Contrast Analyser has been updated to reflect changes in WCAG 2.0 [...]
  Steve Faulkner, Paciello Group Blog (2008-09-15)
• "Mise en ligne du dossier sur les moyens pour appliquer l'obligation légale d'accessibilité du Web"
  Le document "Quels moyens pour appliquer l'obligation légale d'accessibilité du Web ?" a été rédigé par AccessiWeb (association BrailleNet) pour apporter des éléments d'information aux participants du groupe "Internet et développement durable" du Forum des Droits sur l'Internet dans le cadre de leur réunion du 16 septembre 2008 [...]
  Braillenet/AccessiWeb (2008-09-12)
• "Target Agrees Six Million Dollar Accessibility Case Settlement"
  Following a two-year legal battle, US superstore chain Target has agreed to pay six million dollars to settle a class action brought against it for the inaccessibility of its website [...]
  E-Access Blog (2008-09-11)
• "L'accessibilité concerne également les progiciels"
  Début août 2008, un accord a été conclu entre la NFB (association d'aveugles américaine), l'état de l'Arkansas et l'éditeur de logiciels d'entreprise SAP, concernant l'accessibilité de la solution logicielle livrée par ce dernier. Bref rappel des faits [...]
  Olivier, Webyboom (2008-09-11)
• "Ne pas transmettre l'information que par la couleur"
  Je viens de tomber sur un merveilleux exemple de ce qu'il ne faut pas faire. Petit rappel : si vous transmettez de l'information uniquement par la couleur les utilisateurs de lecteurs d'écrans n'y auront pas accès ainsi que certaines personnes daltoniennes [...]
  Sébastien Delorme, Tentatives accessibles (2008-09-11)
• "Landmark Accessibility Ruling"
  This is an email that a co-worker sent me the other day. It struck a chord with me, and I thought the topic was important enough to share with everyone [...]
  Thomas Obrey, PixelMEDIA (2008-09-11)
• "Analysis - Target Web Lawsuit: The Six Million Dollar Question"
  For years the web accessibility community has been waiting for clear legal precedent to be set enforcing the accessibility of websites for people with disabilities, but to date the wait has gone largely unrewarded [...]
  Majeed Saleh and Dan Jellinek, E-Access Blog (2008-09-10)
• "Accessibility In Suit And Tie"
  The life of the corporate web worker who cares about standards and accessibility can be a frustrating one; hampered by office politics and archaic content management systems. In this article, Bruce looks at what you can do to make sure your projects are as accessible for your users as possible [...]
  Bruce Lawson, Vitamin (2008-09-10)
• "Learn about SMIL 3.0 and test it!"
  SMIL stands for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language. It is an XML language which has been designed for creating interactive multimedia presentations, including timing and synchronization [...]
  W3C Q&A Weblog (2008-09-09)
• "For Review: EARL Companion Documents"
  The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group today published Representing Content in RDF as a First Public Working Draft, and an updated Working Draft of HTTP Vocabulary in RDF [...]
  WAI (2008-09-09)
• "Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0"
  "Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0" is the first of a series of documents to help web professionals use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.0 to develop accessible websites [...]
  Roger Hudson, Web Usability (2008-09-05)
• "Google Chrome Accessibility"
  Google have launched their new browser, I like many other people have been very keen to install and use it. My first impression is it seems very slick, fast, has cool features such as speed dial and its intuitive to use for mouse users [...]
  Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group Blog (2008-09-03)
• "L'annuaire des sites accessibles de HandiCapZéro"
  Un billet précédent présentait et décrivait The Helen Project, initiative permettant aux internautes d'évaluer et de commenter, de façon collaborative, l'accessibilité des sites internet qu'ils consultent [...]
  Olivier, Webyboom (2008-09-03)
• "The Helen Project : donnez votre opinion sur l'accessibilité des sites web"
  Sous l'impulsion de Matthieu Faure, et à la suite de l'annonce de la résolution du procès de Target.com, une discussion passionnante a été initiée sur la liste Accessibilité Numérique [...]
  Olivier, Webyboom (2008-09-02)
• "eZ Publish et l'accessibilité (2)"
  Je vous avais parlé, il y a quelques semaines, de la première partie de l'étude sur l'accessibilité du CMS eZ Publish réalisée par mon désormais ex-collègue Rémi Farot [...]
  Sébastien Delorme, Tentatives accessibles (2008-09-02)
• "Web Accessibility Gone Wild"
  This article presents a wide variety of mistakes, misconceptions, over-endulgences, intricacies, and generally silly aspects of modern accessibility [...]
  WebAIM (2008-09-01)

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