Accessibility Guidelines tutorial

12 December 2004 · 0 comments

The Juicy Studio Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 tutorial covers 14 areas: Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content. Don’t rely on colour alone. Use markup and style sheets and do so properly. Clarify natural language usage. Create tables that transform gracefully. Ensure that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully. Ensure user control of [...]

 

The Juicy Studio Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 tutorial covers 14 areas:

  1. Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content.
  2. Don’t rely on colour alone.
  3. Use markup and style sheets and do so properly.
  4. Clarify natural language usage.
  5. Create tables that transform gracefully.
  6. Ensure that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully.
  7. Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes.
  8. Ensure direct accessibility of embedded user interfaces.
  9. Design for device-independence.
  10. Use interim solutions.
  11. Use W3C technologies and guidelines.
  12. Provide context and orientation information.
  13. Provide clear navigation mechanisms.
  14. Ensure that documents are clear and simple.

This tutorial by Gez Lemon is clear, simple, straightforward and practical. It’s good for a 15 minute refresher for anyone who already has a commitment to accessible websites, or as an excellent starting point for anyone new to the ideas.

[Via: WebAIM Newsletter December 2004.]

Update: Having now read the tutorial and browsed around the Juicy Studio site a bit more I’d say that this is a treasure trove for anyone creating websites. Add the RSS feeds to your newsreader now.

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