Maximum Accessibility: Making Your Web Site More Usable for Everyone

Internet User Scenarios to Consider

• A sight-impaired person may use a Web browser that reads content on a Web page aloud, and this software is often “confused” by image maps, frames, JavaScripts, and other Web design elements.

• A deaf person requires a text version of audio information in order to be able to access the site information.

• Some people perceive certain colors differently and may not be able to see light-colored type on colored backgrounds.

• Someone with limited hand movement may not be able to hold down more than one key on their keyboard at once. Well-designed Web menus will provide alternative navigation methods.

Designing your Web site to be accessible to people using assistive technologies and others with disabilities is very simple ...