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Color Check tool for validating ADA readability compliance

May 31st, 2017 by Max Tokman

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is slated to become a legal requirement for websites selling goods or services directly to the public starting in 2018.  There are already plenty of good resources for identifying code-based compliance, but image compliance is a trickier matter.  As a quick solution, we put together a Color Check tool that in two clicks allows you to select foreground and background colors and performs contrast validation on selected colors in accordance with ADA requirements.

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Wix the free web site building service

Sep 16th, 2014 by Max Tokman

Wix is a new tool for DIY crowd not content with building their websites using only website building tools from Yahoo, Network Solutions, GoDaddy and thousands of other hosting companies - now we have Wix and it is being heavily promoted as the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Comparing Project Parfait, CSS3Ps and CSS Hat

Sep 15th, 2014 by Max Tokman

For those of us not content with strictly visual website authoring from an app and willing to go an extra mile to get a clean CSS code, there are a number of popular add ons and services that can speed up the process.  Today we are reviewing three popular tools for optimizing CSS creation from Photoshop website designs - Project Parfait, CSS3Ps, and CSS Hat - and their performance with traditional and flat design elements.  Evaluation is als

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