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Webwatch
Our regular review of the best and worst of the web
In on the ground floor
In the early 90s, when the web was still the “Information super highway”, Julie Howell was one of the first to travel on it
The low-down on downloads
Digital downloading is the fastest and cheapest way to access your favourite hits. But, as Cathy Reay found, it’s not that easy if you’re disabled
Designs for living
Passionate about form and function, Denise Stephens (left) was inspired to set up Enabled by Design when her growing collection of assistive equipment made her home look more like a hospital than a machine for living in
Bags of opportunities
For Kate Waugh, a lifelong love of handbags has helped her get a handle on an enterprising business venture that’s also a hobby
Things can only get b3ta
Do you have to be an Alpha to love b3ta? Digital creative Max Zadow ponders the dilemma the site poses for disabled people
Filling Wembley with Smarties
Leoné Watson, of digital development agency Nomensa, loves to quest for information, entertainment and trivia
Shopping sites have much to learn
Ask any of my friends what my favourite hobby is and they’ll respond, possibly a little too quickly for my liking: shopping
Space freaks, corsets and Youporn
If you want to get ahead, get a virtual hat, says Lara Masters, who also uses the web to grow her prodigious vocabulary and research burlesque and bizarre film roles
Wasting time for fun
Comedian Steve Day has a good return from thousands of hours on Facebook: one gig booking and one lost friend
Brains, bikes and bodies
Motorsport journalist Chris Dabbs spends many of his web hours surfing sites that defend motorists from over-zealous policing. But he still has time to check out developments in cannabis drugs, the US election and the odd sexual carnival
Ouch and about
Damon Rose is editor of the BBC's disability website Ouch!. We asked him to share some of his favourite web haunts
Navigation's what you need
Web developers need to remember that not all computer-users are able to use a mouse to move around the screen, says Shaw Trust’s Stephen Lloyd
Are you being surfed?
A new web access standard should make life easier for disabled surfers, but it could be 20 years before the internet is truly accessible. Sunil Peck reports
Hitting the virtual floor
Cutting edge, fashionable and stylish – all things associated with modern club culture. But just how good are the major nightspots’ websites at detailing their facilities for disabled people, asks Paul Carter
Reading the news
A new report compares the accessibility of national newspaper web sites. Sunil Peck reports