Monthly Archives: April 2008

Appending the title of the post in “Read more” links for WordPress

Posted Monday, April 28th, 2008 03:52 am GMT +8 | Tutorials |

One of the guidelines in usability is that you should provide only one way that will lead them to a certain action. For example, if someone sees 2 option buttons, chances are that they might think that each option button does separate tasks when in fact their functions are the same. Also, we have to make sure that the links are descriptive enough and if not, then we should provide a title for the link so when a user hovers over it then they’ll know where the link will take them. On a similar note, accessibility advocates encourages people to use unique name for every link that we use on a page (kinda like what I was saying before only have a different reason), meaning countless “Read more of this entry” is not really the best practice because you’re using the same text over and over and these texts are … Continue reading →

The great IE 6 Hack

Posted Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 03:45 am GMT +8 | CSS |

As a designer, the biggest problems that I have with IE are the PNG transparency problem and the :hover pseudo class is not working unless it’s used in the a element. Thanks for HTC which is only understood by IE 5.5 and above browsers — I’ve found some handy “hacks” to work around these 2 limitations on the browser designers/programmers’ love to hate. Note: calling it in CSS will make your CSS file invalid even though it’s a part of CSS property lists, I tested it against CSS 1, 2, 2.1 and 3 (just to be sure) so… CSS valid-freaks sorry… Maybe it remained to be just a part of the draft? PNG Transparency I have to admit that I haven’t really looked that hard for PNG transparency hacks, sure you can use PNG 8 but, isn’t it just a “PNGized” GIF? Anyway, if you’re certain that you won’t be … Continue reading →

The Basics of Accessibility

Posted Sunday, April 6th, 2008 03:37 am GMT +8 | Accessibility |

It makes me feel a little sad whenever I see people saying that making your website accessible is such a waste of time and resources because it only deals with the blind. When, in fact, that is one of the misconceptions about accessibility. What is Accessibility? Just look for its root word — access. It doesn’t only mean that blinds and other visually-impaired people should be your focus when it comes to making your site accessible. It means making every people using any kind of browsers, any kind of devices to browse the web, any kind of settings on their browsers, no matter how slow or fast their connection is must be able to view your site just fine. Accessibility is not only making your site well-structured that those using screen readers won’t be exasperated in using your site but also making your site accessible to: people who have problems … Continue reading →