Getting online is not always easy when you are visually impaired. Font sizes can be too small, images hard to see and colors hard to make out. But there are ways to minimize these problems. I have been tinkering with my web browsers ever since I used my first one many years ago. I have accumulated some tips and tricks that help me make the web more accessible. Some are a bit technical and others require installing new software, but all are worth learning.
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Go on a Safari: Access Features in Version 4: Apple has just released the latest itereation of its web browser, Safari, for Mac and Windows. As well as Apple may play with screen readers, …
- Call for Firefox Feature: Zoom to Screen Width: Yesterday’s post on iPhone zooming gave me an idea for an interesting zoom feature for Firefox. Since I am no programmer, I thought I would …
- Scroll Wheel Image Zoom: Image Zoom is one of my favorite Firefox accessibility extensions. In Access the Web!, I extolled the virtues of this little program. Image Zooma allows …
- Access the Web!:
Customizing the Web with Firefox Add-Ons. There is no need to take the web as it comes. Fonts too small to read, color schemes that make you squint, bright white backgrounds … - Call for Alternative Google Color Schemes: Following up on my earlier post about the lack of accessible Vista themes and my current feelings on standard internet color schemes, I posted the …
- Image Zoom : Firefox Add-on: To continue the theme of useful Firefox extensions, I also find myself using Image Zoom all the time. This extension adds another option to the …
- Access Firefox: Because the Internet is for everyone.: Acces Firefox Having just moved to a new computer, I have been installing software and making the system more accessible. In trying to find all the …
- Firefox Themes: Firefox has a number of large icon themes, available here. They are easy to install and to change if you do not find them useful.
- Internet Explorer: Increasing Font Size: For Internet Explorer (IE), click on Text Size in the View menu and select the appropriate size. Try out different sizes. In general, I choose …
- Firefox Tip: Increase Font Size: To follow up on my last post, I thought I would show the ways to increase font size in Firefox. The first way is to …
- Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: Accessibility: Firefox is a recently released alternative to Internet Explorer. Firefox is open source, meaning that Firefox and its underlying computer code are publicly available for …
- Zooming in the new IE: At first, I did not like the new Internet Explorer (IE). It buried the accessibility options I like most (text size and ignore colors specified …
- Contrast options in Internet Explorer: You can set Internet Explorer, known as IE, to use specific colors as well. In the Tools menu, select Internet Options. When you click on …
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