Pemaquid Crunch: Web Design notes from Portland, Maine » Did you know? http://www.pemaquid.com/blog Tips on Web Design, Usability and Web Strategy from Portland, Maine Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:35:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Google, Facebook working on improving accessibility http://www.pemaquid.com/blog/2009/04/10/google-facebook-working-on-improving-accessibility/ http://www.pemaquid.com/blog/2009/04/10/google-facebook-working-on-improving-accessibility/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:01:41 +0000 Rob http://www.pemaquid.com/blog/google-facebook-working-on-improving-accessibility Did you know that Google has an experimental version of its search engine geared towards people with special needs in the area of accessibility? One feature: when search results load, they automatically skip the navigation and search interface.

Facebook is also making an effort to improve their site’s accessibility. Earlier this week, Carl Augusto, President of the American Foundation for the Blind, wrote a post for Facebook’s blog on the subject.

Google’s Accessibility Enchanced search engine

Facebook FAQs on accessibility



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  • iphone
  • webkinz
  • tmz
  • transformers
  • youtube
  • club penguin
  • myspace
  • heroes
  • facebook
  • anna nicole smith

OK, class, what I’d really like to see is someone using all those new vocabulary words in a sentence.



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Zeldman's dashboard



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