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I Saw a Mouse! Where?
Not everyone uses a mouse to navigate. Not everyone can. And that is something we all occasionally forget. Sure, we know that visually impaired and blind users navigate by keyboard, but what about all of those people who can see perfectly well but cannot use a mouse for numerous reasons.
What do they use? And how does this impact us, as web designers, if at all?
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sdesign1
The sdesign1 site is a fine example of an accessible website. It’s clearly written, well laid out, and it looks great too! The element that most impressed was the text-resizing: For a three-column/100%-width layout this works a treat when bumping up the text-size a few notches. In addition to this we found the site was easy to navigate with a keyboard because the designer had made use of the :focus pseudo-class on anchor tags. In contrast, though, there was no :hover on form fields.
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Truwex: A New Accessibility Tester
We were recently made aware of a new accessibility testing tool called Truwex Online 2.0 Beta created by Erigami of Moscow, Russia. It’s pretty impressive, so much so that we’ve added to our Resources Page line-up of testing tools. It seems to be a well-rounded tool and it offers one feature we found especially helpful…
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