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Book Review: “Access by Design”

April 6th, 2008by Cyn · 1 Comment

STC member, Sarah Horton, wrote about accessibility and the Web in her book “Access by Design”. There is an excellent book review on the SAP Design Guild site at
http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/review_acc_design.asp.
The review is a thorough discussion of the book and the whole reason for the book. It might even inspire you when you think about writing a [...]

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Tutorial: Building Accessible Static Navigation with CSS

April 5th, 2008by Cyn · 1 Comment

STC member, Frank M. Palinkas, has developed a new Fast Track tutorial, which is free to the technical writing, user assistance, accessibility and web design communities. The tutorial was presented at the 2008 WritersUA Annual Conference in March at Portland, Oregon. This tutorial demonstrates how to create the accessible, static Navigation section on the left [...]

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Ginny Redish’s New Book Reviewed in “Communicator’s eNEWS”

September 25th, 2007by Cyn · No Comments Yet

Janice (Ginny) Redish, a member of the Washington DC Chapter, has a new book out called “Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2007, 380 pp., $49.95 (plus s&h; http://www.mkp.com or through http://www.redish.net). The “Communicator’s eNEWS”, Issue 78, September 2007, says that “This is a great guide for a [...]

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What Frustrates Blind Users on the Web: Research on 100 Blind Users

August 13th, 2007by kristen · No Comments Yet

A study in Usability Engineering - “What Frustrates Blind Users on the Web: Research on 100 Blind Users”
Wednesday August 15, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Dinner at 6:00pm $10, speaker at 7:00pm free.
Location:
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The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd
Laurel MD 20723-6099
Washington Area: 240-228-5000
Baltimore Area: 443-778-5000
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Dr. Jonathan Lazar - Professor, Towson State [...]

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CSS 3 Category Info

April 1st, 2007by Cyn · No Comments Yet

The CSS category provides information about Cascading Style Sheets version 3 (CSS 3) plans and implementations.
Aspiring Authors and Contributors for this category: contact Cynthia Lockley

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Tutorial: Building Accessible Static Navigation with CSS (1)
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