Chris Hanrath » CSS http://blog.chrishanrath.com Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:13:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Information Visibility in Screen Readers http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/09/information-visibility-in-screen-readers/ http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/09/information-visibility-in-screen-readers/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:17:08 +0000 Chris http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/09/information-visibility-in-screen-readers/ Access Matters conducted an interesting test on how information is visible to screen readers using different approaches in hiding content from being displayed on the actual page. The provide a table or matrix to compare the different test cases with different screen reader products and versions.

[ Found via access-matters.com ]

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http://elv1s.ru/files/html+css/vector-corners.html

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[ Found via uxmatters.com and rosendfeldmedia.com ]

]]> http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/06/international-address-fields-in-web-forms/feed/ 0 Why and How: Styling Text Links http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/04/why-and-how-styling-text-links/ http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/04/why-and-how-styling-text-links/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:26:59 +0000 Chris http://blog.chrishanrath.com/2008/04/why-and-how-styling-text-links/ Text link styling is a design issue impacted by all of the very same issues that affect the overall site design. Poorly styled text links can detract from or ruin an otherwise well-designed page, while appropriately styled text links can add significant support to the brand and enhance the user experience. Since text links are a significant feature of the online experience, it’s an element of design worth getting right.

[Found via andyrutledge.com ]

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