So your site didn’t pass [all of the tests](http://coffeeonthekeyboard.com/assessing-accessibility-part-two-in-a-trilogy-67/ "all of the tests"). How do you fix it? Or better, how do

Bobby OfflineBobby, the standard for checking web site accessibility since 1996, is no longer “publicly available” from IBM. The Center for Applied Special Technology, or CAST, sold Bobby to Watchfire in

The word “accessibility” is nebulous at best. We think of screen readers and how much they suck (and they do) and despair. But with a few simple criteria in hand, basic assessment

“Accessible,” in the provenance of the internet, usually means “screen-readable.” That is, we consider a website “accessible” if it is decently navigable by audio alone. We rarely test this, instead relying on

Starting, hopefully, some time this week, I’ll be writing a three-part series on universal and accessible design. The first part will focus on motivation and definition. What are the goals of web design in different contexts—commercial, educational, personal? What does “accessible” or “universal” design mean today? How can