Author Archives: Richard

Attention to Detail

I’m not the worlds best speller (although I’m not too bad) and I don’t always get my commas right, but I like to think that I take some care over the presentation of information. I’m sure many people don’t notice spelling mistakes but they tend to shout out at me. Even when I am skimming [...]

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Why Google Search is not as good as it should be

Just saying that could probably have me sent to the Tower of London for treason. However there are good reasons for thinking that search isn’t all it could be (and it doesn’t just apply to Google). Search engines tend to favour older information on the basis that it wouldn’t still be around if it wasn’t [...]

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Why WCAG 2.0 Encourages Use of Images to Replace Text

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 At level AA of WCAG 2.0 it has become much easier than WCAG 1.0 to justify the use of images instead of text (at level AAA they are prohibited though).  The following is quoted from the WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference : Images of Text: 1.4.5 If the technologies being used [...]

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