Accessibility? Because It’s Our Job!

by Rob Mason ~ December 14th, 2007

I’ve been pondering a topic for sometime: why do clients need accessibility? My personal view is that as a professional I am here to give my clients the best possible service and with that comes adopting the right approaches to website building. Continue reading »

Microsoft…serious about the web?

by Rob Mason ~ December 13th, 2007

Like buses, you wait bloody years for a new version if Internet Explorer and ‘lo and behold two come along in as many years! Continue reading »

My town - Tewkesbury

by Rob Mason ~ December 12th, 2007

Tipping the wink to Mr Cherim and Mr Pickard, here’s an insight into my real-world home town: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (UK).

Just to confuse the issue slightly for a moment Tewkesbury is my home town, although my proper home town, i.e.: place of birth, is in fact Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Continue reading »

An example of a great home page…

by Rob Mason ~ December 7th, 2007

Yell. Visually very simple, yet clever. It starts with what everyone needs: Search. The design then leads you subtly to input options and ultimately the search button. Continue reading »

Email standards website launched

by Rob Mason ~ December 1st, 2007

Email standards logo I’ve covered this previously but at last the Email Standards website has launched. It is the place to find out what email system support what standards and how to design emails to work in most, if not all, email applications.

Essentially the project’s aim is to work with email application developers and email designers to improve email standards and general accessibility.