General

My presentation materials for "Theming Views" and "Thich, Rich, and Accessible" (accessible rich media) presentations from DrupalCamp Chicago, June 2010, are available here:

• Theming Views: get it to "look right" - presented at DrupalCamp Chicago, June 2010
  Slides | Abstract
• Thick, Rich, and Accessible: incorporate dynamic content, scripting, and media accessibly - presented at DrupalCamp Chicago, June 2010
  Slides | Abstract

See my Presentations and Posters section for the full listing of my presentations.

I presented this 1-hour session at DrupalCamp Chicago in June, 2010.

I presented this 1-hour session at DrupalCamp Chicago in June, 2010.

So Lullabot has these awesome podcasts that they do with various awesome people in the world of Drupal development.  When I was at DrupalCon San Francisco last month, I was interviewed about my accessibility presentation and my work at Drexel for one.  Here it is:

• Drupal Voices 99: Katherine Lynch on Accessibility Tips for Websites

Some other really cool podcast interviews from DCSF that I highly recommend:

• Everett Zufelt on Accessibility in Drupal
• Jenn Simmons on Usability, CSS3, and Getting Bartik into D7
• Dries Buytaert on the State of Drupal 2010
  
• And my personal favorite, Jack Aponte on Diversity, Power and Privilege in Open Source Communities

Enjoy!

Wrapping up a great, productive DrupalCon San Francisco 2010!  I've created a page with slides and video for my accessibility presentation here:

• Accessibility in Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 by Katherine Lynch

Libraries presentation slides/materials to come. <smiley>

I presented this 1-hour session at DrupalCon San Francisco on April 19, 2010.

Abstract:

As technology advances, it is more important than ever to code with web accessibility in mind. Web accessibility measures help users with disabilities related to limitations of vision, hearing, learning, cognition, and motor skills to use the web effectively.

Finally got around to finishing up and launching my new custom Drupal theme for this site.  It's based on Garland instead of Zen, which is a bit unlike me, but I like the end result.  Expect a few progressive enhancements in the weeks to come, particularly where icons are concerned.

In very exciting news, I will be speaking at DrupalCon San Francisco 2010 in April!  Two of my session proposals, "Accessibility in Drupal 6 and Drupal 7: Write accessible modules and themes", and "Shh! This is a (Drupal-powered) Library Site! with Amy Qualls-McClure and Tammy Allgood" will be a part of the jam-packed, super-exciting schedule.  If you're going to DrupalCon, definitely try out the schedule maker, and set up a custom conference schedule for yourself.  It's the only way I'm going to be able to catch all the awesomeness as it goes flying by.  And if you're going, be sure to come say hi!

My/our session details are as follows:

Full resume including work and volunteer history available upon request

Contact me for information.

Also check out my Presentations section.

Tabindex can be a very helpful attribute when coding a complexly-structured web form or page for accessibility.  It basically tells a page the order in which elements should be highlighted when the tab key is used.  Remember, lots of assistive technologies use the tab input. 

While coding, I stumbled across this little nugget that I thought I'd share here, thanks to Edward Bilodeau (same guy, new blog).

How to get Firefox/Mac to recognize tab index

I just spent the better part of an hour trying to 
get tabindex to work under Firefox/Mac OS X.  
The solution lies not in Firefox, but in the Mac 
OS X preferences.

Apple Menu > System Preferences > 
Keyboard and Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts and 
under "Full Keyboard Access" choose "All controls".

Sweet lord....

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Without this enabled, every page in your browser becomes a keyboard trap.  Very frustrating.  Thanks, Edward!