accessify.com panel

at the accessify website, demonstrating accessible table builder, accessible form builder, accessible list builder, etc.

Evaluating accessibility with toolbars - "don't be a tool. Use one."

headings & accessibility

-screen reader users

-keyboard navigation

Web Dev Toolbar & document outline

outlines page and gives idea of accessibility graphically

Semantic markup in general

using right element for the right job

javascript not necessarily evil...depending on type of site, may need to have to work without it.

web developer toolbar enables you to see what a page looks like with certain features enabled or disabled.

labels enhances usability for all users, even sighted mouse users.

alt text - deceptively simple? most basically accessibility requirement, but not all agree it's the best solution

other tools:

graybit - graybit.com

w3c markup validator - not cut and dried...good start, but not necessarily the end all

gez lemon's clour contrast analyser (extension for firefox)

functionally accessible - functional accessibility evaluater from the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

Unobtrusive accessibility - doing the right thing, without your boss knowing.

(Doing the right thing, putting the mark up in there, and hiding it from view.)

Hidden form labels

hidden skip links

hidden table head

Good forum, very informative. Too short!