Web accessibility - what position should the OU take?

I’d encourage you to read: The WCAG Samurai and WCAG 2.0 info before voting.
Web accessibility - what position should the OU take? ( polls)
Ironically the thing above is not accessible! Lol. You should be able to vote here.

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Published on May 2, 2008

Filed in Accessibility

My Stuff - design progress

Imagining that sometime soon the OU web colour pallette might be revised, improved and made more accessible, I’ve been playing with colour schemes using Adobe’s fantastic Kuler web app. Here I can select an OU brand colour and generate sympathic colours schemes from it. I then use a little artistic license to get semi-accessible colours [...]

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Published on December 8, 2006

Filed in Accessibility, Eportfolio, Graphical User Interface, User experience, Web design

Making My Stuff accessible and brand compliant

…is no small task!

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This retains the warmth from the yellow but feels a little washed out to me.
The limited colours available in the OU brand pallette really restrict the designs you can create if you need to be accessible. But I’ve been having a go.

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This moves more into the red arena, away from [...]

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Published on December 6, 2006

Filed in Accessibility, Eportfolio, Graphical User Interface, Rebranding, Web design

Guy walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low.

About GuyWeb

This site is being redeveloped. Apologies if things don't look or act as you expect. I'm spending little bits of free time making some much needed changes.

GuyWeb is the personal website of Guy Carberry, a web designer based in Buckingham, England. He currently works full-time as a web designer for the Open University. He also undertakes interesting freelance projects where time allows. You can contact Guy by emailing Guy at this website's address.

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