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fionatg

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About fionatg

Developer and blogger at http://myaccessible.website

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    Comment #17967441

    Thank you - I will add this in.

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    Comment #17967077

    This is a very spammy comment, but if anyone is interested but it's not a good time to sign up, you can sign up to my (totally not spammy) mailing list and get an accessibility pos…

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    Comment #17967045

    Yes, because it captures the data using a Chrome Extension. You have to navigate to the page and use the extension to capture the data. This means it works on sites that aren't eve…

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    Comment #17966988

    The image is basically there to be decorative. In that scenario, an empty alt attribute is used to inform assistive technology that yes, there is an image here, but it isn't adding…

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    Comment #17966981

    Thanks for the feedback! I'll work on getting this added to the page, I understand where you're coming from there

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    Comment #7883428

    Exactly, it sort of re-inforces my point that when I was designing that site I didn't really think about it. I don't have to be an accessibility expert to discuss the fact that dev…

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    I think its a love/hate thing with my site theme. I've had a lot of comments that it looks fantastic. I think I'll have to increase the font size at least.

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    IE8 was 6%, which I think still validates the point. I actually chose IE9 because a lot of companies have actually dropped support on IE8 but are still supporting IE9 (mine include…

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    Comment #7883269

    I agree, it correlates well with "think before you code"

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    Comment #7815820

    Exactly, it feels like they are artificially boosting the figures here because when people look at Google stats they think tech anyway. The Tech only figures are much more male-ske…

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