Author Archives: John Ellis

VSJ – July 2004 – Work in Progress

Council member John Ellis, FIAP continues his series of short articles on making Web sites accessible to those with disabilities. We’d like to emphasise that these are much more about raising members’ awareness of their responsibilities, not least under the … Continue reading

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VSJ – June 2004 – Work in Progress

Council member John Ellis, FIAP introduced, in March’s VSJ, some ideas about Web accessibility. Since then, in May, you’ll have seen Paul Lynham’s report on the presentation by Julie Howell from the RNIB to the Annual Symposium. Here, John takes … Continue reading

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VSJ – June 2004 – Members' News

New Web Site Features Have you visited www.iap.org.uk, the IAP Web site, recently?  It may look the same, but under the covers it has been totally revamped.  The features that were merely promised by the old site are now fully … Continue reading

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VSJ – March 2004 – Work in Progress

As you’ll have noticed in last month’s VSJ, one of the presentations at the upcoming Symposium is by Julie Howell of the RNIB. Council member John Ellis, FIAP sets the scene for her contribution here. Recently I had to evaluate … Continue reading

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VSJ – March 2004 – Members' News

University of Lincoln becomes IAP Education Partner We are pleased to announce that the Institution has entered into a partnership arrangement with the University of Lincoln. This means that a range of courses offered by the University’s Faculty of Applied … Continue reading

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VSJ – September 2003 – Members' News

The Yearbook for 2004 We’re about to start putting together next year’s IAP Yearbook. As usual, we’re looking for contributions in the form of articles likely to appeal to members. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) programming and … Continue reading

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VSJ – June 2003 – Sounding Board

Council member John Ellis, FIAP muses on the plethora of software tools that we can call on and the difficulties of choosing the right one for a particular circumstance. Recently I had to create a system that allowed multiple users … Continue reading

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VSJ – Feb 2003 – Sounding Board

Michael D. Mitchell saw John Ellis’ comments on the missing PWS mystery and says: I was shocked to discover, on reading John Ellis’ article in the November issue of Visual Systems Journal, that XP no longer supports PWS. I recently … Continue reading

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VSJ – November 2002 – Sounding Board

Council Member John Ellis, FIAP has a bone to pick with Microsoft. Surely shome mishtake? Summer’s nearly over, the kids are back at school and the roads are jam-packed again with mothers dropping the little ones off, parking on double … Continue reading

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VSJ – July 2002 – Work in Progress

Council member John Ellis, FIAP is a representative of the IAP to the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM). Here, he reports on a meeting he attended at the end of April. It can be quite amusing to see Government at … Continue reading

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