A mailing list where web page developers can get assistance for having their web pages tested by visually impaired users.
WebWorks Publisher Users eGroup
The online discussion group for WebWorks Publisher users. This eGroup is an extension of wwpusers.com. Though this service primarily serves as a community listserv, there are also other tools available for you to use.
Yahoo. Organizations>Content Management>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
Discussion of xfml, the eXchangeable Faceted Metadata Language.
The XMetaL-DITA group was founded to educate XMetaL users in working with the DITA standard.
Yahoo's directory of technical writing websites contains many useful links.
You Know You're A Tech Writer When... 
This page will show you whether you are a true technical writer.
Preston, Danielle. Yahoo (2001). Humor>Writing
Introduction to Screen Readers
Begins by showing us the core functionality of screen readers and how they interact with the desktop. In the second part it demonstrates how a blind user may use them to explore and understand web sites, how sites are “linearized”, and how using semantic markup to build sites supports accessible navigation and usability.
Tsaran, Victor. Yahoo (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Universal Usability
Introduction to Screen Magnifiers
Karo Caran and Victor Tsaran show how the screen magnifier ZoomText is used to make the computer desktop and web sites readable to people with reduced vision.
Caran, Karo and Victor Tsaran. Yahoo (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Universal Usability
From the Mouth of a Screenreader
Talks about the history of screen reading software and how they analyse what is displayed on the screen in order to speak it to the user.
Geoffray, Doug. Yahoo (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Video
Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site
The Yahoo Exceptional Performance team has identified a number of best practices for making web pages fast. The list includes 34 best practices divided into 7 categories.
Yahoo (2008). Articles>Web Design>Quality>Assessment
Image Optimization Part 1: The Importance of Images
On average, 46.6% of the page weight for these popular sites consists of images, included either inline with tags or via CSS stylesheets. This is a massive percentage and it tells us one thing: There’s huge potential to improve the performance of websites if we can improve the way we handle the image payload. By focusing on images you can make a difference and delight your site visitors with a faster and more pleasant experience.
Stefanov, Stoyan. Yahoo (2008). Articles>Web Design>Graphic Design>Compression
The Yahoo! User Interface Library
The YUI Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. YUI is available under a BSD license and is free for all uses.
The Most Annoying, Overused Words in the Workplace 
"Leverage," "interface," and "circle back" are among the most annoying and overused terms in work settings today, according to a new survey of executives.
Musbach, Tom. Yahoo (2009). Articles>Language>Workplace>Rhetoric
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