Articles
Accessibility
A Christmas Tale About Accessible Shopping
LĂ©onie Watson, 10th December 2004.
Outlines the difficulties with online shopping
What are Skip Links?
Emily Coward, 2nd December 2004.
This article outlines what skip links are and a best-practice method of implementing them.
Access Keys
Alastair Campbell, 11th August 2004.
Strong reasons not to use access keys.
Text Only Sites
LĂ©onie Watson, 7th June 2004.
Outlines the many reasons not to use a text-only version of the site.
RNIB Accessible Flash Case Study
Sally Lincoln, 15th April 2003.
Nomensa and the RNIB worked together to produce a Flash game for
Valentines Day that was accessible for people using screen readers.
Computing in the Dark
LĂ©onie Watson, 1st Nov 2002.
A first hand account of browsing the web without sight.
Web Accessibility
Simon Norris & Alastair Campbell, 1st Nov 2002.
This article covers the basics of accessibility if you are new to the topic.
Using JAWS screenreader technology
Configuring Jaws to Optimise the User Experience
LĂ©onie Watson, 21st Mar 2003.
For people who use the Jaws screen reader it is possible to easily tailor the Jaws environment to suit your needs.
This article is the first of a series to help Jaws users configure their settings and improve their online exprerience.
Configuring Jaws Voice Settings
LĂ©onie Watson, 20th May 2003.
The second article in this series looks at one of the most vital areas
of the Jaws For Windows (JFW) screen reader software, the Voice
Settings.
Configuring the Individual Voice Settings in Jaws
LĂ©onie Watson, 14th July 2003.
The third article in this series takes a more in-depth look at the
Voice Settings in Jaws - the Individual Voice Settings.
Usability
When is the right time to spend your usability budget?
David Ellender, 31st Mar 2003.
Spending a small proportion of a development budget on usability provides great return-on-investment, this article seeks
to answer the question "when is the best time to spend your usability budget".
