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		<title>Firefox Accessibilty Programmer on BusinessWeek</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/07/firefox-accessibilty-programmer-on-businessweek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blog quite a bit about acceptability and one of my favorite topics is the Firefox browser. One of the programmers who helps make Firefox such an accessible way to use the internet is a guy named Ken Saunders. And he is now famous. BusinessWeek featured Ken in a recent article, Mozilla&#8217;s Crowdsourcing Mystique &#8211; BusinessWeek. There&#8217;s a cool new video player in the Firefox Web browser that Mozilla released on June 30. But the onscreen buttons used to control it are too small for some visually impaired users to see. So Ken Saunders, a 41-year-old, legally blind volunteer for Mozilla, took it upon himself to create a tool that makes the player easier to use for people with vision problems. Saunders is among hundreds of people who donate time and skills to Mozilla, the Mountain View (Calif.) company that releases Firefox and other open-source software. Even as Mozilla&#8217;s internal staff has grown to 250, from 15 in 2005, an army of volunteers still contributes about 40% of the company&#8217;s work, which ranges from tweaks to the programming code to designing the Firefox logo. Go Ken! If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible Firefox: A Collection of Accessibility Add-ons</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/07/accessible-firefox-a-collection-of-accessibility-add-ons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding accessibility add-ons for Firefox can be tricky. There is no add-on category for accessibility. Different searches yield different add-one. I have blogged about my favorite add-ons, but not everyone reads this blog. So I have put together all the accessibility related add-ons that I use inot one &#8216;collection&#8216;, a new way to group add-ons on the official Firefox add-on site. This new collection, Accessible Firefox: Accessibility Add-ons, includes Noise, NoSquint, Accessibar and Image Zoom. You can read more about these add-ons and other internet accessibility tips on my Web Access page. Apparently, I was not the first person to think of this. There is the Low Vision collection and the Firefox Accessibility Add-ons collection as well. If you have suggestions, please share. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Access the Web!Scroll Wheel Image ZoomFirefox ThemesAccess Firefox: Because the Internet is for everyone.Image Zoom : Firefox Add-on]]></description>
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		<title>Go Full Screem</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/04/go-full-screem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first step to making a computer more accessible is to make everything on the screen bigger. This involves tricks like lowering the rsolution, zooming and using large fonts. These adjustments definitely increase readability and overall usability. There is a cost. Screen real estate becomes more valuable. Even larger monitors experience this problem. I use a widescreen monitor. Thee costs are particularly high with this type of monitor. Taskbars and toolbars take up large amounts of vertical space, squeezing the usable vertical screen space to a narrow strip. One solution is to use full screen mode. Many applications offer this as an option. Internet browsers, such as Firefox and Internet Explorer, have this option hidden in one of their menus. Most photo editors also offer this feature. Below is a screen shot of Firefox in full screen mode. Clearly, thereis substantial reclaimed screen real estate. Here is how to access the full screen mode on some common applications on Windows Vista: Firefox: Full Screen on the View menu or F11 Internet Explorer: Full Screen on the Tools menu or F11 Open Office: Full Screen on the View menu or Ctrl+Shift+J If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Page Zoom in the Google Chrome Beta</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/03/full-page-zoom-in-the-google-chrome-beta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I downloaded the beta version of the next iteration of Google&#8217;s Chrome browser. The big accessibility improvement is the switch from text zoom to full page zoom. From the Zoom &#8211; Google Chrome Help page. If you&#8217;re using Google Chrome Beta, try out the new full-page zoom functionality. Go to the Page menu and select Zoom. Whereas text zoom only affects the text on a webpage, full-page zoom scales everything on the page, including images. This is a big improvement for me. What I don&#8217;t understand is why replace the text zoom with full page zoom. Why not offer both. Sometimes one works better than the other. That is why Firefox&#8217;s NoSquint add-on is so great. Full page zoom can make the page extend past the sides of the window, forcing users to scroll back and forth. But full page zoom widens those narrow pages to fill the screen width. Get Google Chrome Beta here. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Accessing Gmail TasksCall for Moblie Web ZoomExperimenting with Accessible Google Search ResultsImage Zoom : Firefox Add-onCall for Firefox Feature: Zoom to Screen Width]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering &amp; Musing: My Web Access Page</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/03/tinkering-musing-my-web-access-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have collected all of the results of all my musings on and tinkering with internet accessibility in a new web page, Web Access, here on tim o&#8217;brien photos. 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. Suggestions and ideas about Web Access welcome! If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Web AccessWeb AccessNow You Can Find All My iPhone Access ReviewsInaugural MessageCall for a Printer Friendly WordPress]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible e-Reading: Google Books</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/02/accessible-e-reading-google-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Google announced that its Book Search would be available for iPhone and other mobile device users. I like to read, so I thought I would see how it works and how accessible it is. I looked at another e-book reader, Stanza, in an earlier post, so I will look at the differences. As noted in the NY Times article on the accouncement, Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones, the key feature is the use of text rather than images. Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks. [PC Workd also has a good summary of the announcment.] Google has done this for the same reason as Adobe does in its Reflow command, using text allows the text to be reformatted easily for different screens and devices. Using text has a great side benefit as well, making the text accessible to accessibility modifications and to screen readers. I have never been able to use Google Book Search on my computer since the images are not amenable to my color and font [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Firefox Feature: Zoom to Screen Width</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/02/call-for-firefox-feature-zoom-to-screen-width/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;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 trhow it out there and hope the idea catches on. The idea is based on a neat iPhone zoom feature. As I noted yesterday, if you double tap on a column on a web page in the iPhone browser, it automatically zooms in to fir the column to the width of the screen. It would be great to be able to do something similar in Firefox. First, it would be great if Firefox could automatically zoom so that a web page fills the width of the screen. I have a wide-screen monitor and almost all sites have wide empty margins. Second, clicking on a column in a multi-column web site could zoom so the column fits the screen width. Does anyone know if this is even feasible? Anyone want to implement it? If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:iPhone Tap Dance: Just Tap (Twice) to ZoomWeb AccessWeb AccessCall for Moblie Web ZoomThe Widescreen Edition]]></description>
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		<title>Scroll Wheel Image Zoom</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/scroll-wheel-image-zoom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 you to zoom an image in and out while it stays in place. There is no need to open it up in another window or to download it. Image Zoom inserts an option onto the context (right-click) menu where you can select the right level of zoom. Image Zoom has another very cool new feature, Scroll Wheel Zooming. While holding the right mouse button down, you can zoom in and out with the scroll wheel on your mouse. If you have Image Zoom installed, you can test this out with the Image Zoom icon here. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Image Zoom : Firefox Add-onAccess the Web!Accessible Firefox: A Collection of Accessibility Add-onsWeb AccessWeb Access]]></description>
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		<title>Access the Web!</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/12/access-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 that scream for you sunglasses, images too small to make out. These issues can be solved. You can take control. Changing colors, fonts and image size is no longer requires a degree in computer science. It takes more that a single click of the mouse, but it can be you can make your web experience. Many of the things I will say here are echoed in the AccessFirefox.org web site. While AccessFirefox.org attempts to be universal, I will highlight here just the few things I think you will need. The first is Firefox. If you are reading this in Microsoft&#8217;s default Internet Explorer or even in Apple&#8217;s Safari, download Firefox and install it now. Firefox, which is built by volunteers and is free, allows developers to build and distribute software add-ons that allow us to customize our web experience. With just t three of these add-ons, your web experience will be transformed and your sore eyes grateful. No Squint The No Squint add-on is my personal favorite. Once installed, this extension allows you to set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Alternative Google Color Schemes</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/08/alternative-google-color-schemes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 following to the accessible Google Group: Alternative Google Color Schemes &#8211; accessible &#124; Google Groups&#60; For the visually impaired, Google&#8217;s (as well as MS and most websites) color scheme is downright bad. Does Google have or could it develop an alternative accessible co or scheme? Not only should it be high contrast, but also light-on-dark. For me, I like yellow-on-black. Firefox and IE allow users to impose color schemes while browsing, but this method changes all text and background to the same two colors. This ruins the full use of each page. For example, in Gmail, the star feature becomes useless.For another, regular text and hyperlinks become indistinguishable. So this solution is only partial. This remains true for other websites and for Windows as well. Both Vista and XP have high-contrast color schemes, but there are both aesthetically unappealing (Visually impaired does not equal aesthetically unaware) and more problematic then helpful. Is this something that Google could/will implement? Is this something a third-party could do well? There are some third party tools (e.g. Firefox&#8217;s Accessibar), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Image Zoom : Firefox Add-on</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/07/image-zoom-firefox-add-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 context menu (the one that pops up when you use the right click button). With it installed, you have the option to increase the size of the image (i.e. zoom in) right there in the web page. You don&#8217;t have to copy and paste it into another program or open it in its own page, you can just zoom in right there. Very useful! In particular, I find it useful when shopping (either in Amazon or eBay) and the accompanying image is just too small to make out. Now I right-click on the image and zoom in. I have also found it useful on those DIY project pages when the illustrations are just too tiny to help. Some images do not have good resolution, so, when you zoom in, the image &#8216;pixelates&#8217; and becomes blurry. But that is not Image Zoom&#8217;s fault. Give it a try. You will like it. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Scroll Wheel Image ZoomAccess the Web!Dimensions d&#8217;IstanbulWeb AccessWeb Access]]></description>
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		<title>Access Firefox: Because the Internet is for everyone.</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/07/access-firefox-because-the-internet-is-for-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just moved to a new computer, I have been installing software and making the system more accessible. In trying to find all the little ways to make Firefox more accessible, I ran across this website, AccessFirefox.org. They do a remarkable job of collecting all the Firefox themes ans extensions that help make Firefox a superior browser for ease of use. My favorite so far is Accessibar, which adds a toolbar to the top of the screen that allows you to control the text size and the colors of each website. The large icon themes are also quite useful. The one item that is missing right now is No Squint. With the latest version of Firefox, No Squint allows you to control the full zoom and text zoom of each website. What is particularly useful is that it remember the particular setting for each site. I find that different websites require different adjustments, depending on the amount of text vs. images and how many columns the site has. Accisbar allows you to adjust font sizes, but is not site specific and has no &#8216;memory&#8217;. I will recommend that AccessFirefox add No Squint to their list. Do you know of any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox Themes</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2006/03/firefox-themes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Accessible Firefox: A Collection of Accessibility Add-onsAccess Firefox: Because the Internet is for everyone.Scroll Wheel Image ZoomAccess the Web!Web Access]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox Tip: Increase Font Size</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2005/02/firefox-tip-increase-font-size/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 select Text Size from the View menu, then click on Increase Font Size on the submenu that appears. For me, I need to increase the font size substantially, so I have to repeat this process several times. Fortunately, there is a trick that makes this process simpler. While holding the Control (CTRL) button down, I repeatedly press the + button until I find the right size. [Note: this is often written as CTRL-+.] If I go too far, then pressing Control and - will reverse this process and shrink the font. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Increasing Font SizeInternet Explorer: Increasing Font SizeWeb AccessWeb AccessNYT&#8217;s Tip of the Week: Desktop Magnifying Glass]]></description>
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		<title>Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: Accessibility</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2005/02/firefox-vs-internet-explorer-accessibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 free. It has a reputation for better security (less viruses, etc.) and better adherence to WWW standards (websites display more nicely). In terms of ease of access, I find that both Firefox and IE have different problems, meaning that when one displays a page incorrectly, the other will probably display it correctly. So I go between the two programs depending on which sites I am looking at. Sites like CNN and Netflix do not appear properly in IE for me, so I use Firefox for them. However, I like to keep several windows open at once. IE remembers my text size preferences when opening new windows. Firefox does not, so I have to increase the font size each time I open a new tab or a new window. To sum up, I recommend using them both, switching between them when sites do not appear properly in one. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Internet Explorer: Increasing Font SizeWeb AccessWeb AccessAccess Firefox: Because the Internet is [...]]]></description>
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