Comments on: Equal Opportunities on the Web – The WAI Initiative Sustained by German Legislation http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mihaela Lica http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/#comment-24222 Mihaela Lica Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:12:21 +0000 http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/#comment-24222 Well, Alina, you are kind. I wouldn't use "interesting." I'd say: sad. And bad. Sue, I wouldn't call myself an SEO without reminding people that the most important aspect in creating a site is the accessibility. Rankings are the glory of the foolish. They mean nothing if people are unable to remember the site, unable to use it properly. Well, Alina, you are kind. I wouldn’t use “interesting.” I’d say: sad. And bad.

Sue, I wouldn’t call myself an SEO without reminding people that the most important aspect in creating a site is the accessibility. Rankings are the glory of the foolish. They mean nothing if people are unable to remember the site, unable to use it properly.

]]> By: Sueblimely http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/#comment-24219 Sueblimely Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/#comment-24219 Thanks for this article Michaela, although aware of accessibility issues I needed this reminder. It is very true Alina, the needs of the disabled are neglected in all areas of life, not only on the web. Thankfully computers have some inbuilt accessibility aids such as text size adjustments, magnifiers and increasingly improving narrators but these cannot totally compensate for non accessible sites. The web is potentially a communication and learning medium of incredible value to those with disabilities and it really is not hard to realise that potential. Many of the recommended accessibility measures should be built into a web page anyway, some of them being necessary to make a page validate, some for SEO reasons. Other methods are very simple and quick to implement with CSS and scripts; advanced knowledge of web building is not needed, e.g serving different stylesheets to offer alternatives of color and font size. The aging population is going to increase the need for built in accessibility, although as over 15% of the population have a disability I would say the need is already great. Thanks for this article Michaela, although aware of accessibility issues I needed this reminder. It is very true Alina, the needs of the disabled are neglected in all areas of life, not only on the web. Thankfully computers have some inbuilt accessibility aids such as text size adjustments, magnifiers and increasingly improving narrators but these cannot totally compensate for non accessible sites.

The web is potentially a communication and learning medium of incredible value to those with disabilities and it really is not hard to realise that potential. Many of the recommended accessibility measures should be built into a web page anyway, some of them being necessary to make a page validate, some for SEO reasons. Other methods are very simple and quick to implement with CSS and scripts; advanced knowledge of web building is not needed, e.g serving different stylesheets to offer alternatives of color and font size.

The aging population is going to increase the need for built in accessibility, although as over 15% of the population have a disability I would say the need is already great.

]]> By: Alina Popescu http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/#comment-24150 Alina Popescu Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:44:45 +0000 http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/10/13/web-accessibility/#comment-24150 Why am I not surprised? I mean, the sidewalk near the Government Palace is totally inappropriate for people in a wheel chair. Websites for blind people would be so much more than that. It is interesting to see that people in other countries show the same indifference. interesting in a bad way.. Why am I not surprised? I mean, the sidewalk near the Government Palace is totally inappropriate for people in a wheel chair. Websites for blind people would be so much more than that. It is interesting to see that people in other countries show the same indifference. interesting in a bad way..

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