HOME | KARLGROVES.COMSERVICESPRESENTATIONSKUDOSABOUTRESUMECSUN11 Karl Groves. I have nearly two decades of experience in doing IT consulting for the biggest companies in the world and biggest agencies in the US Government. I lead by doing, I teach from experience, and I succeed by facilitating others' success. When others say "That can't
be done" I
APPLYING UTILITARIANISM Applying Utilitarianism. The greatest happiness of the greatest number is what Jeremy Bentham stated as the goal of Utilitarianism. But this isn’t to say that our goal is simple “pleasure”. John Stuart Mill, for instance, differentiated between “higher pleasures”, which are intellectual and moral, and “lower pleasures”, which are THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ROI OF WEB ACCESSIBILITY The true ROI from accessibility is to not only make your website more accessible but to also market to people with disabilities. The harsh truth about web accessibility is rather abysmal. We know, for instance, what accessibility issues your site will have before we’ve even looked at it.
5 APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH 3RD PARTY (IN)ACCESSIBILITY I'm available for accessibility consulting, testing, and training. Contact me below: +1 443.875.7343; karl@tenon.io FIVE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE IEP PROCESS Five Lessons Learned from the IEP Process. Written on June 08, 2015. May was a really big month for the Groves family. We got our county school system to agree to place our daughter in a non-public school to address her unique educational needs. She’s never been happier and more enthusiastic about school, which I largely attribute to a AGILE & ACCESSIBILITY Agile & Accessibility. Written on September 28, 2011. Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development
CAN WE TRACK HOW MANY USERS WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS OUR Often when I talk to clients, I am asked the following question: “Can we track how many users with disabilities access our site?”. The question itself is always asked with good intentions. HOW EXPENSIVE IS WEB ACCESSIBILITY? THE PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATED WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY TESTING Automated website accessibility testing tools can be used as a good way to generate a list of things which deserve closer attention in the audit. When you’re staring at a page which is nearly 3900 lines of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML (like the Yahoo home page), this can be a considerable help. On big sites, you really have no choice but to find CSS GENERATED CONTENT IS NOT CONTENT CSS generated content is not content. Written on August 26, 2013. CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation. Prior to CSS, nearly all of the presentational attributes of HTML documents were contained within the HTML markup; all font colors
HOME | KARLGROVES.COMSERVICESPRESENTATIONSKUDOSABOUTRESUMECSUN11 Karl Groves. I have nearly two decades of experience in doing IT consulting for the biggest companies in the world and biggest agencies in the US Government. I lead by doing, I teach from experience, and I succeed by facilitating others' success. When others say "That can't be done" I
APPLYING UTILITARIANISM Applying Utilitarianism. The greatest happiness of the greatest number is what Jeremy Bentham stated as the goal of Utilitarianism. But this isn’t to say that our goal is simple “pleasure”. John Stuart Mill, for instance, differentiated between “higher pleasures”, which are intellectual and moral, and “lower pleasures”, which are THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ROI OF WEB ACCESSIBILITY The true ROI from accessibility is to not only make your website more accessible but to also market to people with disabilities. The harsh truth about web accessibility is rather abysmal. We know, for instance, what accessibility issues your site will have before we’ve even looked at it.
5 APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH 3RD PARTY (IN)ACCESSIBILITY I'm available for accessibility consulting, testing, and training. Contact me below: +1 443.875.7343; karl@tenon.io FIVE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE IEP PROCESS Five Lessons Learned from the IEP Process. Written on June 08, 2015. May was a really big month for the Groves family. We got our county school system to agree to place our daughter in a non-public school to address her unique educational needs. She’s never been happier and more enthusiastic about school, which I largely attribute to a AGILE & ACCESSIBILITY Agile & Accessibility. Written on September 28, 2011. Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development
CAN WE TRACK HOW MANY USERS WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS OUR Often when I talk to clients, I am asked the following question: “Can we track how many users with disabilities access our site?”. The question itself is always asked with good intentions. HOW EXPENSIVE IS WEB ACCESSIBILITY? THE PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATED WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY TESTING Automated website accessibility testing tools can be used as a good way to generate a list of things which deserve closer attention in the audit. When you’re staring at a page which is nearly 3900 lines of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML (like the Yahoo home page), this can be a considerable help. On big sites, you really have no choice but to find CSS GENERATED CONTENT IS NOT CONTENT CSS generated content is not content. Written on August 26, 2013. CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation. Prior to CSS, nearly all of the presentational attributes of HTML documents were contained within the HTML markup; all font colors
SERVICES | KARLGROVES.COM VPATs. If you sell ICT products and services such as software, hardware, or web-based products to the Federal Government, chances are they’re going to ask you for a VPAT. It is also often the case that State Governments and, increasingly, higher education customers will ask for one. The VPAT is a document in which you disclose the state of PRESENTATIONS
Presentations | KarlGroves.com. I’m available for accessibility consulting, audits, VPATs, training, and accessible web development, email me directly at karl@tenon.io or call me at +1 443-875-7343. RESUME | KARLGROVES.COM Resume. I’m available for accessibility consulting, audits, VPATs, training, and accessible web development, email me directly at karl@tenon.io or call me at +1 443-875-7343. An unstoppable force for change and thought-leader in an industry regarded for saying “No”, I’d rather lead by example in saying “Yes, and here’s how”. NAME, STATE, ROLE, AND VALUE: WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: For all user interface components (including but not limited to: form elements, links and components generated by scripts), the name and role can be programmatically determined; states, properties, and values that can be set by the user can be programmatically set; and notification of changes to these items is available to user agents, including assistive technologies. UNDERSTANDING WCAG LEVEL In order to meet the needs of different groups and different situations, three levels of conformance are defined: A (lowest), AA, and AAA (highest). Additional information on WCAG levels can be found in Understanding Levels of Conformance. WCAG 2.0. But that’s the only normative discussion of what levels mean. WEB ACCESSIBILITY TESTING: WHAT CAN BE TESTED AND HOW What does this mean? In short, it means that relying solely on automatic testing is probably a bad idea. I still maintain that automatic testing has significant value due to increased efficiency, but it is very clear to me that one cannot rely only on a tool to test for accessibility.
CAN WE TRACK HOW MANY USERS WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS OUR Often when I talk to clients, I am asked the following question: “Can we track how many users with disabilities access our site?”. The question itself is always asked with good intentions. THE 6 SIMPLEST WEB ACCESSIBILITY TESTS ANYONE CAN DO 6. Turn off CSS. Cascading Stylesheets is the preferred method of handling layout and visual presentation of web interfaces. Using CSS properly reduces document weight and increases flexibility for users. At this point that’s sort of old news. From an accessibility standpoint, there are a few things to look out for. ON OVERLAYS AS A MEANS OF RESOLVING WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY It is important to keep in mind that an overlay is really just applying JavaScript to the current UI to fix the existing accessibility issues. In other words, any skilled JavaScript developer with good accessibility knowledge can do the same thing, without the need to pay for a third-party service. In fact, the Mother Effing Tool Confuser is an
HOW EXPENSIVE IS WEB ACCESSIBILITY? Finally, it is often handled in a way that makes it an expensive undertaking. Typically, you will find added costs in the following areas when it comes to integrating accessibility: Determining accessibility requirements for final deliverables. Developing internal This app works best with JavaScript enabled. Skip to Main Content __Navigation menu
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KARL GROVES
I have nearly two decades of experience in doing IT consulting for the biggest companies in the world and biggest agencies in the US Government. I lead by doing, I teach from experience, and I succeed by facilitating others' success. When others say "That can't be done" I show them how.
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A LIBERAL GUN OWNER'S TAKE ON THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM Published on October 14, 2020 Those readers who follow me on Twitter are likely already very aware of where I stand, politically. To put it bluntly, I'm very liberal. One area where I disagree strongly with many other liberals is in my stance on guns.
EVEN CUSTOM OVERLAYS HAVE QUESTIONABLE VALUE Published on April 13, 2020 A friend of mine recently asked me about my opinion on "Custom" overlay products such as Deque's Amaze or Alchemy by Level Access. Below is a lightly-edited version of my response. INVESTMENT IN THE ACCESSIBILITY INDUSTRY Published on February 05, 2020 I've been contacted by Elephant Partners, Armour Capital, Volition Capital, Ridgepeak Partners, Insight Partners, Level Equity, Elesewhere Partners, and more. Each time an equity firm has reached out this year, I've sent that exact message in response - not to be a jerk, but to make sure neither of us are wasting the other person's time.
CORE ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES Published on September 25, 2019 On September 3, 2019, Maryann Murad and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com for Employment discrimination. If accessibility is a relatively new topic for you, this might seem like yet another example of the current pattern of ADA troll lawsuits that have been getting a ton of attention lately. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ROI OF WEB ACCESSIBILITY Published on August 27, 2019 This isn't the first time that I've talked about the "Business Case" for accessibility. In 2011, I created a series of about a half-dozen posts on the topic. Some of my thoughts have refined over the years, though the general message remains the same. Here are my updated thoughts on the ROI of Accessibility. WHY USING `TABINDEX` VALUES GREATER THAN “0” IS BAD Published on November 13, 2018 Recently Tenon received a support request from a customer complaining that their site had thousands of issues in Tenon about their use of tabindex. The customer believed that their use of tabindex was a good thing because the tab order made sense. Here’s a cleaned-up version of the response I sent to them: It creates … Older articles
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