Web Standards, Accessibility & More

As I mentioned a few months back,  my personal project this year is Accessible Twitter, a web-based Twitter application. It was originally written specifically for web accessibility (optimized for disabled users) and still is the main goal. But I discovered that if I want more users, I’ll have to continue working on the features.

I’m pretty happy with the progress so far. The app is still in Alpha, but hope to take it to Beta in the next few weeks. Updates are made fairly regularly, and more recent updates include the following:

• Added a URL shortening feature.
• Enhanced Direct Message page and funtionality.
• Added Popular Links page and categories, too.
• Add (limited) functionality to update user profile. (More to come.)
• Add more data for Tweeps on the Following and Followers pages.
• Add user data to bottom of single status page (the tweet’s PERM page).

If you haven’t tried Accessible Twitter yet, or if you haven’t been there lately, please go check it out. Oh, also, the Twitter username for the app is @AccessibleTwitr.

Looking for a good, free code/text editor? I’ve gone through this quandary several times (due to new job, second home computer, suggestion for a friend, etc.), so I figured I’d list my favorites here. Hope you find this, and it serves you well!

Windows

• Notepad++ (highly recommended for the PC)
• TextPad
• Edit+

Mac

• TextMate
• Text Wranger
• Xcode (Apple)
• BBEdit (awesome, but just a free trial)