Access - by Design

AbilityNet report finds fault with top sites
Charlotte Baxter, IT Week, 24 Jan 2008

Disabled users are facing a “technological lock-out” when it comes to accessing social networking sites, a new report by web consultancy AbilityNet has revealed.

Even the most popular social networks, including Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo, do not cater for disabled users, making it difficult for them to register, the report found. Kath Moonan, AbilityNet’s senior accessibility and usability consultant said, “Social networking needs to be available for every capability.

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Press Release: All of the UK’s top 30 retail websites fail to meet the most basic of accessibility requirements
All of the UK’s top 30 retail websites fail to meet the most basic of accessibility requirements

Retailers face excluding over 376 million pounds1 in revenue this Christmas

Nomensa calls for boardrooms to initiate Online Social Responsibility (OSR) policies

Research conducted in August 2006 by user experience experts Nomensa, shows that not one of the UK’s top 30 retail websites meets the minimum requirements for website accessibility.

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We have recently introduced Spam Assassin on all of our clients email accounts, including our own one!

We have seen a reduction of around 95% in SPAM emails sent to us and our clients.

This is now included as standard with all of our accounts but may be turned off by the client if they want to go back to receiving 200+ spam emails a day!!!

• lifemusic
• dynamic (client controlled) website for musician and supporting published book and workshops
• randomly generated changing logo (!)
• http://www.lifemusic.org/