Archive for April, 2009

A hop, a skip and a jump to broken accessibility

Posted on in WWW.

From the web site of a major high street retailer:

<ul>
    <li><a accesskey="c" href="#maincontent">
        Jump to main content [Access key 'C']
    </a></li>
    <li><a accesskey="n" href="#primarynav">
        Jump to primary navigation [Access key 'N']
    </a></li>
    <li><a accesskey="s" href="#maincontent">
        Skip navigation [Access key 'S']
    </a></li>
</ul>

What is the difference between “Jump to main content” and “Skip navigation”? Clearly nothing in this case as they both go to #maincontent. But for added points, there’s no id=maincontent or name=maincontent anywhere in the page, so they both do nothing.

And trying to find a contact form to inform them of this error I instead find a “Generic System Error” page which contains this very user friendly message:

CMN3101E The system is unavailable due to "CMN0420E".

Some days I actually feel quite okay about the work I produce.

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Super

Posted on in My Life.

1999: Iceland, Kwik Save, Co-Op, [pub], [Woolworths]

2009: Iceland, Somerfield, [pound store], Tesco, Sainsbury’s

Today and I rushed home from work because (a) it was the start of the long weekend and (b) we could shop in West Norwood Sainsbury’s on its opening day.

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K-9

Posted on in Doctor Who.

I’ve just watched The Invisible Enemy for the first time. This is the story that added K-9 to Doctor Who and the tin dog comes across really well in his debut. The plot is as nonsensical as every review I’ve ever read says it is. There are some good ideas in there, Leela is great, the design and effects work – with the exception of the infamous prawn – are excellent. But the plot is all over the place and the technobabble is unconvincing not so much because a lack of basic science as a lack of basic common sense.

So next DVD to watch will be K-9 and Company for the first time since 1981…

Meanwhile. This is a teaser for the forthcoming K-9 series:

Oh dear.

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