Web accessibility

 

Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality. For example, when a site is coded with semantically meaningful HTML, with textual equivalents provided for images and with links named meaningfully, this helps blind users using text-to-speech software and/or text-to-Braille hardware. When text and images are large and/or enlargable, it is easier for users with poor sight to read and understand the content. When links are underlined (or otherwise differentiated) as well as coloured, this ensures that color blind users will be able to notice them. When clickable links and areas are large, this helps users who cannot control a mouse with precision. When pages are coded so that users can navigate by means of the keyboard alone, or a single switch access device alone, this helps users who cannot use a mouse or even a standard keyboard. When videos are closed captioned or a sign language version is available, deaf and hard of hearing users can understand the video. When flashing effects are avoided or made optional, users prone to seizures caused by these effects are not put at risk. And when content is written in plain language and illustrated with instructional diagrams and animations, users with dyslexia and learning difficulties are better able to understand the content. When sites are correctly built and maintained, all of these users can be accommodated while not impacting on the usability of the site for non-disabled users.

The needs that Web accessibility aims to address include:

• Visual: Visual impairments including blindness, various common types of low vision and poor eyesight, various types of color blindness;
• Motor/Mobility: e.g. difficulty or inability to use the hands, including tremors, muscle slowness, loss of fine muscle control, etc., due to conditions such as Parkinson's Disease, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, stroke;
• Auditory: Deafness or hearing impairments, including individuals who are hard of hearing;
• Seizures: Photoepileptic seizures caused by visual strobe or flashing effects.
• Cognitive/Intellectual: Developmental disabilities, learning disabilities (dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), and cognitive disabilities of various origins, affecting memory, attention, developmental "maturity," problem-solving and logic skills, etc.;

Contents 1 Assistive technologies used for web browsing 2 Guidelines on accessible web design 2.1 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1.1 Criticism of WAI guidelines 2.2 Other guidelines 2.2.1 Canada 2.2.2 Philippines 2.2.3 Spain 2.2.4 Sweden 2.2.5 United Kingdom 2.2.6 Japan 3 Essential Components of Web Accessibility 4 Guidelines for Different Components 4.1 Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)[4] 4.2 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)[5] 4.3 User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)[6] 5 Legally-required web accessibility 5.1 Australia 5.2 Ireland 5.3 United Kingdom 6 Website accessibility audits 7 Web 2.0 Challenge 8 See also 9 References 10 External links 10.1 Standards and guidelines 10.2 Government regulations

Assistive technologies used for web browsing

Individuals living with a disability use assistive technologies such as the following to enable and assist web browsing:

• Screen reader software, which can read out, using synthesized speech, either selected elements of what is being displayed on the monitor (helpful for users with reading or learning difficulties), or which can read out everything that is happening on the computer (used by blind and vision impaired users).
• Braille terminals, consisting of a Refreshable Braille display which renders text as Braille characters (usually by means of raising pegs through holes in a flat surface) and either a QWERTY or Braille keyboard.
• Screen magnification software, which enlarges what is displayed on the computer monitor, making it easier to read for vision impaired users.
• Speech recognition software that can accept spoken commands to the computer, or turn dictation into grammatically correct text - useful for those who have difficulty using a mouse or a keyboard.
• Keyboard overlays, which can make typing easier and more accurate for those who have motor control difficulties.

Guidelines on accessible web design

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

In 1999 the Web Accessibility Initiative, a project by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), published the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 1.0. In recent years, these have been widely accepted as the definitive guidelines on how to create accessible websites.

On 11 December 2008, the WAI released the WCAG 2.0 as a Recommendation. WCAG 2.0 aims to be up to date and more technology neutral.

Criticism of WAI guidelines

For a general criticism of the W3C process, read Putting the user at the heart of the W3C process. In articles such as WCAG 2.0: The new W3C guidelines evaluated, To Hell with WCAG 2.0 and Testability Costs Too Much, the WAI has been criticised for allowing WCAG 1.0 to get increasingly out of step with today's technologies and techniques for creating and consuming web content, for the slow pace of development of WCAG 2.0, for making the new guidelines difficult to navigate and understand, and other argued failings.

Other guidelines

Canada

Canada has the Common Look and Feel Standards requiring federal government internet websites to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 Checkpoints Priorities 1 and 2 (Double A conformance level). The standards have existed since 2000 and were updated in 2007.

Philippines

As part of the Web Accessibility Initiatives in the Philippines, the government through the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP) board approved the recommendation of forming an adhoc or core group of webmasters that will help in the implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework set by the UNESCAP.

The Philippines was also the place where the Interregional Seminar and Regional Demonstration Workshop on Accessible Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to Persons with Disabilities was held where eleven countries from Asia - Pacific were represented. The Manila Accessible Information and Communications Technologies Design Recommendations was drafted and adopted in 2003.

Spain

In Spain, UNE 139803 is the norm entrusted to regulate web accessibility. This standard is based on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.¹

Sweden

In Sweden, Verva, the Swedish Administrative Development Agency is responsible for a set of guidelines for Swedish public sector web sites. Through the guidelines, Web accessibility is presented as an integral part of the overall development process and not as a separate issue.

The Swedish guidelines contain criteria which cover the entire lifecycle of a website; from its conception to the publication of live web content. These criteria address several areas which should be considered, including:

• accessibility
• usability
• web standards
• privacy issues
• information architecture
• developing content for the web
• Content Management Systems (CMS) / authoring tools selection.
• development of web content for mobile devices.

An English translation was released in April 2008: Swedish National Guidelines for Public Sector Websites

The translation is based on the latest version of Guidelines which was released in 2006.²

United Kingdom

In the UK, the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in collaboration with BSI have published Pas 78 which outlines good practice in commissioning accessible websites.

Japan

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in Japan was established in 2004 as JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) X 8341-3. JIS X 8341-3 will be revised within 2009 by adopting WCAG 2.0. New version will have the same 4 principles, 12 guidelines, and 61 success criteria as WCAG 2.0 has.^{citation needed}

Essential Components of Web Accessibility

In order for the web to be accessible, 7 components must be included³:

1. the content on Web pages must be natural information (text, images, and sound),
2. Web browsers and media players,
3. assistive technologies,
4. users' knowledge and experience using the Web,
5. developers,
6. authoring tools
7. evaluation tools

These components interact with each other to create an environment that is accessible to people with disabilities.

Web developers usually use authoring tools and evaluation tools to create Web content.
People ("users") use Web browsers, media players, assistive technologies or other "user agents" to get and interact with the content."³

Guidelines for Different Components

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)⁴

• contains 28 checkpoints that provide guidance on:
  • producing accessible output that meets standards and guidelines
  • promoting the content author for accessibility-related information
  • providing ways of checking and correcting inaccessible content
  • integrating accessibility in the overall look and feel
  • making the authoring tool itself accessible to people with disabilities

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)⁵

• WCAG 1.0: 14 guidelines that are general principles of accessible design
• WCAG 2.0: ...

User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)⁶

• contains a comprehensive set of checkpoints that cover:
  • access to all content
  • user control over how content is rendered
  • user control over the user interface
  • standard programming interfaces

Legally-required web accessibility

A growing number of countries around the world have introduced legislation which either directly addresses the need for websites and other forms of communication to be accessible to people with disabilities, or which addresses the more general requirement for people with disabilities not to be discriminated against.^{citation needed}

Australia

In 2000, an Australian blind man won a court case against the Sydney Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (SOCOG). This was the first successful case under Disability Discrimination Act 1992 because SOCOG had failed to make their official website, Sydney Olympic Games, adequately accessible to blind users. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) also published World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes. All Governments in Australia also have policies and guidelines that require accessible public websites; Vision Australia maintain a complete list of Australian web accessibility policies.⁷

Ireland

In Ireland, the Disability Act 2005 was supplemented with the National Disability Authority's Code of Practice on Accessible Public Services in July 2006. It is a practical guide to help all Government Departments and nearly 500 public bodies to comply with their obligations under the Disability Act 2005.

United Kingdom

In the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) does not refer explicitly to website accessibility, but makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities. The DDA applies to anyone providing a service; public, private and voluntary sectors. The Code of Practice: Rights of Access - Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises document⁸ published by the government's Disability Rights Commission to accompany the Act does refer explicitly to websites as one of the "services to the public" which should be considered covered by the Act.

Website accessibility audits

A growing number of organizations, companies and consultants offer website accessibility audits. These audits, a type of system testing, identify accessibility problems that exist within a website, and provide advice and guidance on the steps that need to be taken to correct these problems.

A range of methods are used to audit websites for accessibility:

• Automated tools are available which can identify some of the problems that are present.
• Expert technical reviewers, knowledgeable in web design technologies and accessibility, can review a representative selection of pages and provide detailed feedback and advice based on their findings.
• User testing, usually overseen by technical experts, involves setting tasks for ordinary users to carry out on the website, and reviewing the problems these users encounter as they try to carry out the tasks.

Each of these methods has its strengths and weaknesses:

• Automated tools can process many pages in a relatively short length of time, but can only identify some of the accessibility problems that might be present in the website.
• Technical expert review will identify many of the problems that exist, but the process is time consuming, and many websites are too large to make it possible for a person to review every page.
• User testing combines elements of usability and accessibility testing, and is valuable for identifying problems that might otherwise be overlooked, but needs to be used knowledgeably to avoid the risk of basing design decisions on one user's preferences.

Ideally, a combination of methods should be used to assess the accessibility of a website.

Web 2.0 Challenge

Fast development of technology and the Internet contributed to the shift from text-based to visually oriented content. New components such as JavaScripts, AJAX, Dynamic HTML and Flash were designed to enrich and diversify websites, yet pose a serious threat for people with disabilities, especially blind people. Screen readers and other assistive technology struggle to deal properly with all that new features turning into helpless things. Before, when mostly text and picture based content populated the Internet blind people were able to distinguish text from pictures, as screen readers identify the image with the help of special alternative-text tag, but now with Web 2.0, where rich user-interface build upon Ajax and dynamic HTML blind people don't even know where to click. As a response several companies together with World Wide Web Consortium proposed to add semantic role information to Web applications so screen readers can identify rich objects. But the proposals are still in a draft form and their adoption remains uncertain. According to the SecuritySpace Technology Penetration Report, more than 55% of all Web sites today contain JavaScript, dramatically affecting the ability for persons with disabilities to access Web content. New Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) render custom widgets, modeling rich desktop components to perform UI updates without having to reload the entire web page. So screen readers may not know which parts of the page have changed unless developers take steps to make sure the tools can glean that information.

To raise the awareness and promote accessibility new initiatives arise around the world. Foundations such as Drempelvrij Foundation stand for promoting web accessibility on both government and business levels. By awarding a special logos they recognize organizations which website meets all requirements for accessibility and coherence.

Among other foundations supporting Web Accessibility initiatives there are following:

• American Foundation for the blind
• Vision Australia
• National Science Foundation

See also

• Accessible publishing
• Computer accessibility
• Device Independence
• European Internet Accessibility Observatory
• Knowbility
• Maguire v SOCOG 2000
• Multimodal interaction
• Progressive enhancement
• Universal design
• Unobtrusive JavaScript
• Web Interoperability
• Web Accessibility Initiative

References

This article's citation style may be unclear. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking. (July 2008)

• Clark, Joe (2003). Building Accessible Websites. New Riders Press. ISBN 0-7357-1150-X. http://www.joeclark.org/book/. 
• Thatcher, Jim; Cynthia Waddell, Shawn Henry, Sarah Swierenga, Mark Urban, Michael Burks, Paul Bohman (2003). Constructing Accessible Web Sites (Reprint ed.). Apress (Previously by Glasshaus). ISBN 1-59059-148-8. 
• Slatin, John; Sharron Rush (2002). Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone. Addison-Wesley Professional. ISBN 0-201-77422-4. 
• Paciello, Michael (2000). Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities. CMP Books. ISBN 1-929629-08-7. http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/books.htm. 
• Bangeman, Eric (2006-09-10). "Judge: ADA lawsuit against Target can proceed". Ars Technica. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060910-7705.html. Retrieved 2006-09-26. 

External links

Standards and guidelines

• The main page for the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  • The W3C's WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, but read the WCAG Overview first
• Wikipedia accessibility guidelines
• University of Illinois iCITA HTML Accessibility Best Practices
• New York State Mandatory Technology Standards for Accessibility of State Agency Web-Based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications–Fourteen standards derived from both U.S. Section 508 and the WAI's WCAG 1.0 and required for NYS agency web sites.
• Americans with Disabilities Act Section 508 Guidelines and Section 508 Homepage
• Unified Web Evaluation Methodology 1.2
• Equality and Human Rights Commission: PAS 78: a guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites
• Good Article with much informative comments about Web Guidelines and WCAG 2.0

Government regulations

• Searchable index of government web guidelines
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
• Disability Discrimination Act UK
• Section 508 - requires U.S. government web sites to be accessible
• New York State Technology Policy P04-002–Requires Accessibility of State Agency Web-Based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications, requires all State entity web sites to be accessible according to NYS standards which are a hybrid of Section 508 and the W3C's WCAG 1.0. Updates Statewide Technology Policy 99-3, which required sites to conform to the W3C WCAG 1.0, Priority one checkpoints only.
• Disability Act 2005 Ireland
• Common Look and Feel Standards 2.0 Canada

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Website Legal Requirements 2 – Web Accessibility and the ...

Part 2 of the Website Legal Requirements series explaining Disability Discrimination Act the Disability Discrimination Act affects your website and what you must do to confirm.

2010-09-01T01:50:30Z

Tony Bates

More on online learning and the visually impaired « Tony Bates

The Web Accessibility Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Anne Pemberton commented though: 'One problem with the W3C guidelines is that they presume all non-disabled users are text-centric and can do without images or illustrations. ...

2010-09-01T15:47:37Z

Keir Whitaker

Think Vitamin » Accessibility Fundamentals: Introduction [Video ...

In this video Nick gives you a brief introduction to web accessibility and talks about the organisations that set accessibility standards. You'll also find out why accessibility is important to the health of the web. ...

2010-09-08T07:03:06Z

unknown

What is The Difference Between Website And Web Presence?

The Web presence: 1. Have a matchless web design that is uncrowded, professional and beautiful , but does not inhibit the navigation nor the accessibility or flow of content . 2. The design ought to not limit expansion , but encourages ...

2010-08-11T08:48:03Z

Morten Goodwin

Remaining challenges of measuring the accessibility of web sites ...

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0) was launched in 1999 and was followed up by WCAG 2.0 in 2008. These guidelines have been the de facto standard for how to make web sites accessible for all people, including people ...

2010-07-30T18:03:44Z

Jared Smith

WebAIM: Blog - The ADA and the Web: Concerns and Misconceptions

Most web accessibility happens 'under the hood' of a web site. Any accessibility-related modification to the visual design of a site almost universally increases the usability of that site to all users. For example, having sufficient ...

2010-09-09T14:19:13Z

unknown

Web Host ServInt Appoints Director of Network Compliance | WHIR ...

Web Host ServInt Appoints Director of Network Compliance | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News. ... WHIR To Go · Business Partners · Contact Us · Why Join? Join the WHIR. Legal & Accessibility ». Copyright Information · Privacy.

2010-09-09T14:48:57Z

unknown

New Amazon EC2 Micro Instances Offer Option for Low-Throughput ...

New Amazon EC2 Micro Instances Offer Option for Low-Throughput Applications | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News. ... Legal & Accessibility ». Copyright Information · Privacy.

2010-08-21T23:38:15Z

Kelly

Kelly's Corner: The Accessibility Disappointment of Web Site Redesign

This is such a frequent failure in web accessibility that screen readers have worked around this problem and with several I tried you can actually expand the lists and see the entries under each area. But if as an example you are using ...

2010-07-26T22:59:16Z

Cyndi Rowland

WebAIM: Blog - Dept. of Justice considers Web for ADA

While we have much to be thankful for, many of us in the web accessibility movement have often wondered when the Federal Government would provide direct clarification on the applicability of the Internet to the ADA. ...

2010-09-09T12:44:35Z

orryn_emrys

Second Star to the Right - Generation Gap #1: The Accessibility of Art

And one of the extraordinary gifts that the world wide web has bestowed upon our society is the accessibility of art in many forms. I discussed with her the fact that these images, which I was now fishing out of cyberspace and moving ...

2010-04-06T07:00:00Z

dennislembree@yahoo.com (Dennis E. Lembree)

Podcast #80: Web Accessibility Successes | Web Axe - Practical Web ...

Thanks for featuring the accessibility of my site, LFLegal, designed by Mike Cherim. You might also be interested in the content - Working with the blind community in the U.S. I've negotiated web accessibility agreements with large ...

2010-09-01T04:00:00Z

Innovation & Technology

California, Boston and Chesterfield County Lead 2010 Best of the ...

Both California and Boston, the top winner in the city category, made Web accessibility on mobile devices a priority in 2010. One of Boston's new mobile device applications alerts citizens when their cars have been towed, and instructs ...

2010-07-28T05:43:29Z

dennislembree@yahoo.com (Dennis E. Lembree)

Critique - New Section 508 Web Site | Web Axe - Practical Web ...

Below are suggestions for improving the web accessibility of the new United States government Section 508 web site. Well, from analyzing the home page at least. This is basic stuff and I'm very disappointed that the site leaves so much ...

2010-09-09T12:17:40Z

admin

How To Pick A Web Hosting Company | Ultimate Resale Rights

Accessibility is a major factor for almost every site owner on the World Wide Web. Like most things on the web, this is something that some owners care very deeply about and others might not think about at all. ...

2010-09-02T12:21:29Z

Joseph Haworth

Web Accessibility And How It Affects Businesses

In 2002, the DDA published a Code of Practice, which specifically states that web accessibility is a legal requirement. As the DDA has not provided instructions on how to create accessible websites, The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), ...

2010-09-09T05:34:02Z

jleahy

Professional Web Development – Beginning | Online Courses Plus

Basics of HTML, tools, building a more advanced web page, writing content for the web 3. HTML coding in detail. 4. Page layout, typography, CSS, accessibility, design trends. 5. Introduction to graphic design: Photos, designing for ...

2010-08-06T01:19:47Z

admin

The Web Accessibility Techniques | O'Reilly Web Design

The Web Accessibility refers to the process by which the website is useful for all those able as well disable people. The disability could be categorized.

2006-02-13T18:38:02Z

Kevin D. Hendricks

Blind User Sues Target Over Web Accessibility | Church Marketing Sucks

Bruce Sexton Jr. is a 24-year-old student at UC Berkeley. He's also blind. And now he's suing Target because their web site is completely inaccessible for blind.

2010-08-30T08:16:19Z

pidoco1@googlemail.com (Martin Martin Matz)

User Interface Design Methods Explained: Accessibility Design

Across the globe there are initiatives aimed at giving web designers the tools they need to understand and thus support the needs of the disabled user. Organizations such as the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and the World Wide Web ...

2009-12-08T15:00:13Z

Shanna

The Importance of Web Accessibility | korby Imagery

Web accessibility defines a set of rules which when implemented will make a website user-friendly for people with disabilities that prevent them from browsing the web normally. Not all but some countries do have web accessibility laws ...

2010-03-30T21:32:47Z

Tom

Web Accessibility Fears and Ways to Conquer Them

In The Fear of Making Web Sites Accessible, I asked you what held you back from improving your site's accessibility. I received many excellent responses in the comment section, and I do hope you can check it out if you haven't done so.

2010-08-20T16:08:23Z

brian

Web Design Articles – How to Market the ?accessibility?? « Css ...

here's always the argument of legal requirements for sites to be accessible, but, unless they're big names or a business of equal stature, it's pretty unlikely…

2010-09-01T01:44:52Z

dennislembree@yahoo.com (Dennis E. Lembree)

Link Roundup - August 2010 | Web Axe - Practical Web Design ...

About the Hosts. About Dennis. Dennis Lembree is the founder of web development company Web Overhauls, which specializes in web usability, standards, and accessibility. Follow Dennis on Twitter: @dennisl ...

2010-09-09T09:46:07Z

unknown

Online Marketing Companies Can Help You Get to the Top of Search ...

Above and beyond acquiring accessibility to organic SEO methods, you will have easy accessibility to outstanding PPC promotions. If your web agency is currently using the method of obtaining traffic the typical way, implementing Pay per ...

2010-07-26T17:44:42Z

admin

Deque President Preety Kumar to Attend White House 20th ...

Tweets that mention Deque President Preety Kumar to Attend White House 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Americans With Disabilities Act Today « Deque Systems | Software, Training, and Consulting for Web Accessibility and Section 508 ...

2007-03-08T08:00:00Z

unknown

Emerging GIS Technology and Accessibility: Online Mapping for ...

The Ohio State University Web Accessibility Center offers a compilation of Web-based tools to help developers analyze accessibility compliance for websites, including tools that will show a developer how a page actually looks or behaves ...

2010-07-02T05:16:36Z

Gian

AGIMO has released 'Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy ...

On the 30th June 2010, AGIMO released the 'Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy'. This details exactly how all Government agencies should prepare for, and implement, the second version of the W3C Web Content Accessibility ...

2010-09-09T13:24:45Z

unknown

SeeksAdmin Launches New Services and Company Website | MyHostNews ...

Web Host News – NEW YORK – SeeksAdmin, an industry leader in outsourced technical support, server administration, and dedicated staffing solutions, today launched its new corporate website, which displays the company's newly enhanced ... It provides end-users with direct chat and telephone accessibility to the technicians working on their ticket. Through its rigid Service Level Agreement (SLA), SeeksAdmin guarantees top-notch and timely technical support for virtually all ...

2010-09-08T19:20:56Z

deb

about:mozilla » Firefox 4, Web Console, add-ons, Drumbeat, Firefox ...

David Bolter has posted an alert for accessibility technology vendors and developers. As of the most recent Firefox Beta update, “child windows associated with browser tabs have been removed thereby breaking the expectations of most ...

2010-02-05T07:52:00Z

WIPO

Workshop Focuses on Improving Web Accessibility for Persons with ...

A workshop hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) from February 2 to 5, 2010, brought together over 180 persons from some 32 organizations to promote awareness about accessibility for people with disabilities and ...

2010-03-26T15:01:14Z

admin

Deque Systems Announces New Web Accessibility Plugin for Firefox ...

Deque Systems announced today that it is developing a next generation web accessibility tool to help web developers find accessibility issues easily, fix them rapidly and establish the test scaffolding to ensure that their application ...

2010-09-08T23:51:25Z

admin

FlashyDir.com » Blog Archive » Web Site Rapidshare Free Full ...

You'll also explore accessibility in tables, writing code, adding media and working with templates . Original post: Web Site Rapidshare Free Full Downloads with Hotfile and … Related ArticlesBookmarksTags ...

2005-09-15T13:09:00Z

Usernomics

Launch of Web Accessibility Tool Consortium - Usability In The News

News for User Interface Design, Human Computer Interface (HCI, Human Factors, & Usability from Usernomics.

2008-05-03T02:13:14Z

Michael

Michael Herring Design Blog » Hurting Web Accessibility: SEO Alt ...

Today, I ran across an excellent list of 100 killer web accessibility resources. Most of these resources are quite good for reference and learning material. However, I take offense to the SEO Alt Tag (sic) Optimizer & Font Resizer Tool ...

2010-09-09T07:23:08Z

cardealerships

Car Dealerships. » A Review of Car Web Sites

They can design advertisements and promotions along with offering descriptions of the cars and the requisite pricing information. This kind of accessibility is incredibly valuable to car websites to make sure that everything is current. ...

2010-06-25T19:47:25Z

Kim

Can Google's improved algorithm lead to better patient web ...

Can Google's improved algorithm lead to better patient web accessibility? Posted by Kim on June 25th, 2010. In anticipation of Bing's launch in late May 2009, Google began to revamp its search algorithmto positively impact the ...

2010-09-09T07:51:25Z

unknown

Web Site Rapidshare Free Full Downloads with Hotfile and ...

You'll also explore accessibility in tables, writing code, adding media and working with templates. Once you've learned all the ground work and set up your site, Dee will walk you through how to test and upload your site. ...

2010-09-08T01:56:57Z

Patricia Dudek

Patti's Blog - Advocate for Elders, People with Disabilities and ...

Excerpt from Accessible Twitter: (click for entire article) Accessible Twitter is an alternative to the Twitter.com website. It is designed to be easier to use and is optimized for disabled users. Learn more about web accessibility.

2010-03-26T13:27:19Z

John Rochford

Cognitive Web Accessibility Assessment: First Attempt, Part 3 of 3 ...

This post is the third part of my first structured attempt to evaluate cognitive Web accessibility. I am using WebAIM's Cognitive Web Accessibility Checklist and its WAVE accessibility evaluation toolbar to assess the Web site of Down's ...

2010-03-16T14:01:24Z

John Rochford

Stop Using JAWS for Web Accessibility Testing? « Clear Helper

Since before Web-accessibility evaluation tools were available, developers have used JAWS to test their Web sites. I have for so long that not using it never occurred to me. I was spurred to consider the possibility at a recent demo ...

2010-01-23T09:35:38Z

Ian Pouncey

Ian Pouncey » Blog Archive » Web accessibility myths

Web accessibility myths – Ian Pouncey » Blog Archive – useful reminder of some of the assumptions many web designers wrongly work by. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Enabling Disabled ShoppersKindle DX, ...

2010-09-09T14:53:04Z

robisite

What is Cloud Computing? An Introduction Article | best free web ...

The Cloud upbringing and affords a bigger government renouned accessibility, not unique receiving place a processor solely as good renouned a forever emergent transportable browsing community. Reliability is a register means all a fury ...

2010-09-09T11:41:26Z

rbwatson1

JAWS 12 Public Beta is now available « The BAT Channel

A number of braille keystrokes are available to control your computer. Visit the Braille Display Input Commands Web page for a list of supported keystrokes. For other braille displays, contact the manufacturer for a list of keystrokes. ... The Ribbons in Microsoft Office applications and Windows 7 create an accessibility challenge due to inconsistent navigation between various groups and items. For example, when you enter the Lower Ribbon and press the ARROW keys to move ...

2010-09-08T15:33:00Z

BA Haller

Media dis&dat: The Internet becoming an equalizer for people with ...

Technology on display in the lab included Web pages with coding in pictures so descriptions of what might be seen on monitors was spoken aloud by "screen reader" programs used by the blind. Software let people with varying degrees of ... " The iPhone is the most popular smartphone among the blind population, because accessibility was part of Apple's view and was built in," special communities senior policy director Alan Brightman said. "To this day, I watch Victor use an ...

2010-09-08T20:36:54Z

unknown

Microsoft Hosting Exec John Zanni Joins Parallels as Vice ...

Microsoft Hosting Exec John Zanni Joins Parallels as Vice President of Alliances | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News. ... Legal & Accessibility ». Copyright Information · Privacy.

2010-06-28T15:18:00Z

wai

WAI - Web Accessibility Initiative - W3C (wai)'s status on Monday ...

WAI - Web Accessibility Initiative - W3C (wai)'s status on Monday, 28-Jun-10 15:18:00 UTC. WAI - Web Accessibility Initiative - W3C wai. More sessions with #WAI staff at #ICCHP 14-16 July. New: Web #Accessibility Highlights-Current and ...

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