Derek Featherstone
Derek Featherstone is a web developer and experienced accessibility consultant based in Ottawa, Canada where he runs Further Ahead. He serves as the Lead for the WaSP Accessibility Task Force. He is insane and thinks that somehow he’ll manage to find time to train for an IronMan triathlon amidst work and family life with wife and three children. Insane.
Articles by Derek Featherstone
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21 12/2006 A Scripting Carol
Derek Featherstone contemplates the effects that the lack of CSS or JavaScript may have on your scripts. Let the spirits of Christmas past, present and future guide you so that your scripts needn’t give up the ghost in the face of adversity.
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20 12/2005 Naughty or Nice? CSS Background Images
Derek Featherstone considers the difference between decorative and informational graphics and how each is best approached, particularly with regard to accessibility. Make sure you know what you’re doing next time you decide to deck the halls.