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Selling Accessibility – Embracing the Dark Side

By karlgroves On November 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

In which I say a whole bunch of things that are unpopular.

Let’s face it, there are some people who have read the previous posts in this series and thought “This advice is fine and dandy, but there are so many roadblocks to accessibility where I work that none of this stuff will work for… Continue Reading Selling Accessibility – Embracing the Dark Side

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A Challenge to Accessibility Testing Tool Vendors

By karlgroves On October 3, 2012 · 1 Comment

In my 10 year career doing usability & accessibility, I’ve used tools all the way back to Bobby back before CAST sold it to Watchfire. I’ve used all the big expensive tools, all the free tools and toolbars. In fact, it was once my job to know what each tool could and could not do.… Continue Reading A Challenge to Accessibility Testing Tool Vendors

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Web Accessibility Testing: What Can be Tested and How

By karlgroves On September 15, 2012 · 5 Comments

The Short Version

Read this if you’re disinclined to read the entire list of specific WCAG Success Criterion and look at how each can be tested.
If someone was to ask me what I consider to be my biggest strengths when it comes to accessibility, I’d say it is in testing. I’ve been involved… Continue Reading Web Accessibility Testing: What Can be Tested and How

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Selling Accessibility – Positive Factors (Internal)

By karlgroves On September 13, 2012 · 2 Comments

This is the third post in a series of posts on Selling Accessibility. If you haven’t already, head on over to Selling Accessibility – An Introduction to get caught up.

As I mentioned in my previous post in this series, Positive Factors are those things that have been found to have a positive influence… Continue Reading Selling Accessibility – Positive Factors (Internal)

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Selling Accessibility – Positive Factors (External)

By karlgroves On August 18, 2012 · 2 Comments

This is the third post in a series of posts on Selling Accessibility. If you haven’t already, head on over to Selling Accessibility – An Introduction to get caught up.

As promised in my last post, I’d like to switch focus to positive factors. In this case what I want to talk about are… Continue Reading Selling Accessibility – Positive Factors (External)

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Selling Accessibility – Negative Factors

By karlgroves On July 26, 2012 · 10 Comments

This is the second post in a series of posts on Selling Accessibility. If you haven’t already, head on over to Selling Accessibility – An Introduction to get caught up.

Negative Factors are those which stand in our way from effectively gaining buy-in for accessibility across the organization. These are things which must be… Continue Reading Selling Accessibility – Negative Factors

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New Series Coming: Selling Accessibility

By karlgroves On June 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

One of the things that has bothered me for a while during my career is that situation each of us has all too often found us in: Everywhere you turn, someone is throwing up roadblocks to accessibility. People always seem to have some excuse about why they cannot make something accessible. In my experience few… Continue Reading New Series Coming: Selling Accessibility

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Let’s put down the pitchforks and get some perspective

By karlgroves On June 21, 2012 · 1 Comment

Earlier this week, I began working on a new series of blog posts titled ‘Selling Accessibility’. Those who know me or have read my previous posts or have seen me speak know I’m very much in favor of taking a pragmatic approach to accessibility. More specifically, I mean that we must understand that there’s a… Continue Reading Let’s put down the pitchforks and get some perspective

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Agile and the Concept of One True User Story

By karlgroves On May 17, 2012 · 1 Comment

In my career, I’ve been lucky enough to work for companies that did cool stuff. This goes for both my employer and my clients.  Nothing is so energizing as to work with really smart people who create really cool products. One that will always stick with me is the Nextel FanView.

The FanView… Continue Reading Agile and the Concept of One True User Story

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Efficiency in Accessibility Testing or, Why Usability Testing Should be Last

By karlgroves On April 27, 2012 · 1 Comment

Accessibility testing is the testing of a system to determine how the system will perform when accessed by persons with disabilities. Testing of all ICT products and services is important to determining what issues exist and what risk any accessibility issues create for the organization. In my experience, the majority of testing efforts are… Continue Reading Efficiency in Accessibility Testing or, Why Usability Testing Should be Last

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