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Enable full keyboard tabbing on Firefox for the Mac

by Pat Rees on July 26th, 2008 under Technology

I was very frustrated that Firefox for the Mac didn’t seem to work properly when I wanted to use the tab key to move through a web page. It was frustrating when filling in forms. The tab worked to move from one text field to another but would just skip over select lists. It was also annoying because it never seemed work when I wanted to test keyboard access to tab through link content and do a basic check for accessibility. I finally found the solution. There is a setting in both Firefox Preferences AND Apple System Preferences that need to work together. Continue reading Enable full keyboard tabbing on Firefox for the Mac

Advocates for Disabled Praise Metro-North

by David Mascarina on July 26th, 2008 under Current Events, Technology

Published: July 27, 2008
Metro-North has added elevators to eight renovated Westchester stations in the last 10 years, and 32 of the county’s 43 Metro North stations will be wheelchair-accessible by 2010.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27elevatorswe.html?ex=1374811200&en=879e17e8a7450803&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

A Breakthrough in Rapid Emergency Alerts for the Hearing Impaired

by David Mascarina on July 25th, 2008 under Current Events, Technology

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 /PRNewswire/ — A series of tests by Twenty First Century Communications (TFCC) has confirmed that they are the first and only major hosted (Software as a Service, or SaaS) notification vendor to provide true TDD/TTY delivery of emergency notification and messages without pre-registration. Continue reading A Breakthrough in Rapid Emergency Alerts for the Hearing Impaired

New Windshield An Improved Set Of Eyes

by David Mascarina on July 22nd, 2008 under Current Events, Technology

Windshield from GM Motors(AP) When Coke bottle glasses just won’t cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.

General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what’s happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly. Continue reading New Windshield An Improved Set Of Eyes

‘Tongue Drive System’ Controls Wheelchair, Computer

by David Mascarina on July 21st, 2008 under Current Events, Technology

By Alexis Madrigal for Wired Science

Quadriplegics may gain a new degree of freedom via their tongues, if a new control system becomes widely available. Continue reading ‘Tongue Drive System’ Controls Wheelchair, Computer