Tag: accessibility

Ba(nne)d words: the GOV.UK style guide

I love a good style guide. And I applaud anyone encouraging the use of clear English. But the GOV.UK style guide, produced by the United Kingdom’s

Olympic Linguistic Games (2): a competition

Here’s a wee Olympic Games language competition for readers. No prizes, just the satisfaction of figuring out the acronym/initialism puzzle. English-Polish translator Marta Stelmaszak has

Olympic linguistic games

The organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games are making a big effort to ensure that the whole of the United Kingdom feels included in the

Web-Writing Webinar (2): accessibility and usability. They really do matter.

One of the slides I used for the Web-Writing Webinar on 11 April asked the question: Users with accessibility or usability issues. Who are they?

Shake out your web site’s welcome mat

The best way to make your web site welcoming to visitors isn’t a big “Welcome” mat on the home page. The trick is to put

Accessibility – why bother?

I’ve been focusing a lot this year on web design, content and usability. Mainly because I’ve been working on my new web site, with lots