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Accessibility in web design provides a high degree of usability

Source: Accessibility in the News

Oct 21, 2008

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Accessibility in web design provides a high degree of usability for people with disabilities. Mostly based on general design principles, with some specific extra facilities, accessible design ensures that you do not deliver a restricted or exclusionary message and therefore image. Full accessibility design guidelines are provided by the W3C, the standards body for the Web. While the focus of this section is largely on design for users who are blind who access the web page via a screen-reader, if you make pages accessible in the ways suggested you will improve clarity for all users. The BBC has developed a script called Betsie, which will convert pages to plain HTML. The development of this service is the subject of a case study provided by Betsie's developer, Wayne Myers. There can be a fine line between enabling and excluding technology. All it takes is some careless HTML, the addition of a few unsupported images and some multimedia frills, and entire web sites can disappear from view for substantial numbers of users. Complying with HTML standards, designin ...Read the full article

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