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18 April 2008
Blind users still struggle with maddening computing obstacles
An interesting article giving an insight into the daily issues encountered by blind screen reader users.
Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer
Some disturbing news that internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users.
Public IRC Channel for WAI-ARIA Discussions
One of the things missing for ARIA developers so far has been a public channel to chat about ARIA as a community. Space has now been set up where people can informally meet at any time and look for others to discuss ARIA efforts with.
The offline cost of an online life
The next time you want to search for something on the web try going to www.blackle.com instead of your usual search engine. The page looks remarkably like Google and queries are fed through to Google, but there is one obvious difference - the page is mostly black.
Heap Media, the Australian company behind Blackle, claims black pixels take less power than white and so using its search saves energy. It believes that small things matter when it comes to reducing our energy use, limiting our CO2 output and reducing the likely extent of global warming as a result of human activity.
And finally...
Last chance to register for the Accessibility conference of the year!
Registration finishes at 3pm on Wednesday 23rd April so if you haven't already reserved your ticket you better do so now!
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