Tutorials and articles
ALA Facts and Opinion About FIR:
An interesting discussion about the Fahrner Image Replacement technique.
Visit ALA's article on image replacement
Mezzoblue's Revised Image Replacement:
A range of techniques for image replacement with their pros and cons.
Visit mezzoblue's article on image replacement
ALA's PHP style sheet switcher:
An alternative to the JavaScript style switcher used by many. This article shows you how to do it all server side, and is used on this site.
Visit ALA's article on PHP style switchers
Accessibility: On a shoe-string:
Testing a site design to ensure the widest practical audience should be an essential part of the design process. Here are a few tools which form part of the base-level accessibility testing routine at Stuff and Nonsense.
Visit Accessibility: On a shoe-string
Accessibility help
Joe Clark's AccessiBlog:
Help tips and links on accessibility, written by Joe Clark who is a leader in website accessibility.
Visit Joe Clark's AccessiBlog
Dive Into Accessibility :
Information on why accessibility and how to implement it. This can also be downloaded as a PDF.
Visit Dive Into Accessibility
Accessibility Checklist :
A page of your total site, offering 25 top tips and links to explanations.
Visit the accessibility check list
Accessify Forum:
This is a fantastic forum dedicated to helping people with accessibility and discussing accibility issues.
Visit the Accessify Forum
Accessibility guidelines
The RNIB:
The Royal National Institute for the Blind offer good advice to web designers. You can order a free, "see it right" guide and also a video on accessible websits.
Visit the RNIB
The WAI:
The Web Accessibility Initiative, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
Visit the WAI
Bobby:
This free service will allow you to test web pages and help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines, such as Section 508 and the W3C's WCAG.
Visit Bobby
Section 508:
Section 508 is a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which requires that electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by the Federal government be accessible to people with disabilities. Their website offers help, tips and a site checker.
Visit Section 508
CSS and design inspiration
CSS Zen Garden:
A site showing the power of CSS design. Choose from one of the many designs and watch the same page change before your eyes.
Visit CSSZengarden
Mike Davidson's Blog:
The blog of Mike Davidson showing off what he knows as well as what he thinks. The site also uses a very clever font size and style picker. (at the time of writing).
Visit mikeindustries
Simple Bits:
SimpleBits was founded by web designer and author, Dan Cederholm as a tiny consulting firm that specializes in designing and building simple, accessible sites with web standards.
Dan has also written a book, which is very useful. More info can be found on the site.
Visit Simple Bits
Hicks Design:
Hicksdesign is the online portfolio and journal of Jon Hicks, a freelance print and web designer based in Oxfordshire, UK. He creates sites built with web standards, design print materials and he has a thing about creating icons.
Visit Hicks Design
What do I know?:
What Do I Know is a collection of daily thoughts, news, and opinions concerning the new media and technology industry as perceived by Todd Dominey, sole-proprietor of Dominey Design, an Atlanta based new media design and development studio.
Visit What do I know
And all that malarkey:
Malarkey is a designer with a passion for web-standards and accessibility. This is his personal site, often containing invaluable nuggets of information and opinion.
Visit And all that malarkey
Andy Budd - Blogography:
Andy Budd is a web developer based in Brighton England. His personal blog contains vast amount of useful information and links on, CSS, web standards, user cantered design, information architecture and running a successful web project.
Visit Andy Budd - Blogography
Alternative browsers
FireFox:
The Firefox Preview Release empowers you to browse faster, more safely, and more efficiently than with any other browser. Join more than 7 million others and make the switch today--Firefox imports your Favorites, settings and other information, so you have nothing to lose.
This is my favorite browser, especially good when used with the web developer bar plug in.
Get Firefox
Opera:
Pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, increased security and privacy, mouse gestures, Google search, password manager, zooming, and more.
Get Opera
Omniweb:
A good alternative native Coca web browser for Mac OS X.
Get OmniWeb
Screen Readers
JAWS:
The most popular screen reader worldwide, JAWS(R) for Windows works with your PC to provide access to today's software applications and the Internet.
Find out more about JAWS
Home Page Reader:
Home Page Reader brings the world of the Internet to blind and low vision users. This innovative product uses the power of voice to guide users in exploring the marvels of the World Wide Web.
Find out more about Home Page Reader