Category Archives: Articles

Accessible Data Tables (2005)

Improving the effective accessibility of data tables and preliminary results from the data table markup tests.

Table Test Page

Over the years, there has been considerable discussion about what is the most accessible way to present tabular information in data tables. Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley have been studying how people who rely on screen readers use a range of data tables. These observations confirm the need to make data tables as simple as […]

An Accessibility Frontier: Cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties (2004)

The needs of people with cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties appear to have slipped through the cracks when it comes to web accessibility…
Paper presented at OZeWAI Conference, December 2004.

PDFs and Accessibility (2004)

The widespread use of Portable Document Format material on many sites continues to cause problems for some web users…

Flash and Accessibility (2003)

Flash can both enhance and diminish the accessibility of a site …

Home Stayers And Trench Diggers (2002)

Seminar paper outlining some observations on the website search behaviour of children.

Usability: A Key Issue for kids’ sites (2000)

Paper published in the Logistics Kids Market Research Journal.

Internet Advertising and the Law (1999)

The Internet is a new marketing frontier where the rules and regulations are rapidly evolving.

Hyperlinks, Frames and Intellectual Property (1998)

How the use of hyperlinks and frames to present material from another website may infringe the rights of the originating site.

Reflections on Site Usability and the State of Flow (1998)

Although the general performance of commercial sites is poor at the moment, increasing awareness of Web-user behaviour and the importance of site usability will improve this situation.