At Web Usability, we work to make the web more usable for everybody, including those with disabilities. We work with not-for-profit organisations, corporate and government clients.
We also undertake research into the use of the web by different sections of the community. Find out more in the research section of the site.
articles
Accessible Forms 2: Required Fields and Extra Information
The second in this series of articles about improving the accessibility of web page forms looks at different ways to mark-up required (mandatory) form fields and provide additional information that maybe necessary to understand or correctly complete a form.
Accessible Forms 1: Labels and identification
The first in a new series of articles about improving the accessibility of forms looks at ways to identify and group form controls, including the use of implicit and explicit labels, title attributes, and fieldset and legend.
Accessibility: More than WCAG compliance – CSUN2013 Talk
Web content accessibility is being increasingly viewed solely from the perspective of how well a site complies with WCAG 2 rather than how well people with disabilities can access the content. Slides and speakers notes from my CSUN 2013 talk that considered this issue and outlined a new Accessibility Priority Tool to help organisations identify and correct likely access barriers to their web content.
Forgotten of Web Accessibility: CSUN2013 Talk
Slides and speakers note from my CSUN 2013 presentation about some of the forgotten of web accessibility: the elderly, novice web users and people with cognitive and reading difficulties.
news & events
Welcome to the new site
The new Web Usability website contains material from both the old site as well as my personal blog, DingoAccess. All the usability, accessibility and general web-related articles I write will now be on this one new site rather than being spread between two sites.
I hope you like the new site and find the information it contains useful.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
GAAD is on 9 May. Events in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Sydney event at Mrs B Hotel 396 Pitt Street at 6.30pm. For more details go to http://www.a11ybytes.org/.
A11ybuzz
A11ybuzz is a valuable source of links to reliable information about web accessibility. Great place to learn and share new ideas. www.a11ybuzz.com/
HTML5 Browser Support
Information about accessibility support for HTML5 by different browsers updated. www.html5accessibility.com/