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Ian Forrester - Tools + technologies

Disabled doesn't mean people in wheelchairs or with white canes. Everyone has differing levels of ability in different senses - accessibility isn't a minority thing.

Permissions and trust - I can tell from looking at a page if I trust it with my e-mail address etc. How does a JAWS user make the same judgement?

OpenID authorisation uses redirects - problematic for phones and screenreaders.

Dopplr (hi Fiona!) - importing/exporting friends lists is not very accessible. Not sure I follow this one.

Many people need plain english - how does this sit with EULAs and terms that you agree to when you sign up to a service? CC has a good model for simplifying legal bumpf.

Increase accessibility by allowing export to a wide variety of formats. Give users choice.

Use the correct stack. Joost uses SVG with HTML and script. Unfortunately, the product itself sucks.

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