19 May
Posted by Desiree as AIR, ATSTAR, Accessibility, Calwac, Colorblind, Daily life, Employment, General, standards
Having access to online activities is no longer just a cool pastime…it is a necessity for equal education, employment and citizen interaction with government. If you haven’t ever tried operating a mouse without the use of your arms, read a website without your eyes, or listen to a webcast without hearing it, you may never [...]
19 May
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Daily life, General, Social Media
A few months ago, I posted a blog entry about solving captchas. I sited a service that works through FireFox called Webvism, which made captcha solving a breeze. The only catch for me was that I am a comfortable Internet Explorer user and had to have both that browser as well as FireFox loaded onto [...]
I’ll start off by admitting that I am a huge Star Trek fan! I may not be as crazed as some Trekkies out there, but I love it. The TV shows, the movies, the books, I even have a toy Starship Enterprise. So there’s my disclaimer.
Yesterday, my husband and I actually got to go and [...]
Ok, so for whatever crazy reason, I decided to take on some studying. I figured that since I have been testing websites for several years now, purely from a usability perspective, I should learn more about the technical stuff. User testing is great, but I have been finding it hard to give advice to people [...]
15 May
Posted by Desiree as AcccesU, Access Works, Accessibility, Colorblind, Daily life, Employment, General, Social Media, W3C, standards
This week of course was full of fun at AccessU! It consisted of two full days and a third day for post conference, as well as some great evening activities. There was much to learn and fabulous people to talk to and network with. I was privileged to be involved in the two first days [...]