Category Archives: Webmastering

I’ve been a serious web technician since 1997 and an unserious one since 1996. So why is it that my CSS designs still appears so bland to me? It’s not the fault of CSS. If anything, as will be made … Continue reading →

Chris Phillips over at Curb Cut Learning has a rant, which I agree with, that HTML is better than PDF for accessibility. In fact, I go further than he does, HTML is already good enough for most people. Maybe professional … Continue reading →

So my news aggregator captured an essay from Juicy Studios about how people with learning and cognitive disabilities got shortchanged by the WAI. After reading it, I have to say that Mr. Leitch is a little too confrontational. It is … Continue reading →

It’s gratifying to see web designers getting organized about accessibility–gives me a sense of vindication. I discovered accessible web design when a friend hired me to do the Microsoft Accessibility Site back in 1997. In 1998, I discovered the work … Continue reading →

It still has a few bugs and I may decide to remove it if spam starts linking to my site, but I’ve installed Movable Type’s trackback module to supplement my Greymatter installation. In theory this means I’ve joined the hip … Continue reading →

So I bought myself an electric trimmer today and cut my hair. No more 15 bucks for Supercuts! Considering it’s my first self-inflicted haircut, it doesn’t look too bad. In truth it’s hard to mess this up, because ever since … Continue reading →

Now obviously VBScript isn’t standard but, it seems that there are so many client-side scripts these days to overcome IE6’s increasingly plain shortcomings on Web standards. Most of these scripts are DOM compliant and are in JavaScript but since they … Continue reading →

The Business Case for Web Accessibility.

Continuing in a similar light as yesterday’s post, Mr. Pilgrim points me to more Webbish jiggery-pokery. As I sort of explained in the previous post, I was once a humble web technician at The Company that Shall Not Be Named. … Continue reading →

Again this is mostly for my own benefit. Years ago, when I worked at the Company That Shall Not Be Named, I started using FrontPage simply because I didn’t know any better. Go ahead, laugh! We all had to start … Continue reading →