In fall-hued Issue 225 of A List Apart, For People Who Make Websites, Maurizio Boscarol argues that a greater emphasis on user testing is needed to make accessibility guidelines and practices work better (Working With Others: Acessibility and User Research). And in part two of a series for beginning web designers, Erin Lynch and the ALA staff list a slew of useful third-party sites, and encourage you to add your favorites (The ALA Primer Part Two: Resources For Beginners). All this plus the illustrational genius of Mr Kevin Cornell.

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2 Responses to “ALA 225: tested premises, proven resources”

1. 
   Rob Kirton said on 11 October 2006 at 4:29 am:

   I though Maurizio’s thoughts on the WAI methods of reasearch to be enlightening. I hadn’t really given it any consideration previously. His comment about “so many experts, so little research” rings true. I can’t think of many large scale empirical studies myself. Maybe this sort of thing does not easily flow down from ACM publications, or maybe as he suggest, not a lot is being done.

   Also, although Erin’s article is titled a resource for beginners, it is still worth a trawl for many. There are some useful bookmarks. I find that sometimes It is a little difficult to carry a lot of this stuff around in my head, especially when it comes to CSS, “has-layout” and the like.

   - Rob

2. 
   Nicholas De Salvo said on 11 October 2006 at 4:36 pm:

   I agree with Rob on his assessment of Erin’s article. It’s a fantastic resource for people like me who need a refresher ever once in a while.