http://webaccessibilityguide.com/blog Articles and other information about web accessibility Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:38:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My articles about being hard of hearing on the internet and the review of online videos by TV show Networks have been combined, and edited for reposting at Accessites. I'd like to thank Mel Pedley for her feedback on both the article in question and the redesign of the Web ... http://webaccessibilityguide.com/blog/2009/09/07/online-video-captioning-repost/ JavaScript is not my favorite topic –- I think it's over used and used badly by people who should know better. There are so many ways badly implemented JavaScript can cause problems for both users and search engines alike that I often feel that it's better to not use it ... http://webaccessibilityguide.com/blog/2008/11/16/accessible-javascript-unobtrusive-javascript/ As with Web Accessibility, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) works best when it's thought of at the beginning of the design process, not after the site has gone up. If a site is going to rank well, it's because it was designed to. Keywords should be chosen at the same time ... http://webaccessibilityguide.com/blog/2008/10/18/search-engine-optimization-made-accessible/ Having a good web site means making sure the site is easy to use and the information easy to find and understand. This can be accomplished with the basics (HTML/XHTML and CSS). JavaScript should only be used where needed, not to just to do tricks that can be annoying at ... http://webaccessibilityguide.com/blog/2008/09/14/what-makes-a-good-web-site/