Archive for the ‘Accessibility’ Category

Website accessibility is not only for the disabled

Posted May 20th, 2008 by sailor | 1 Comment

If you use large images, Flash or Javascript on your site without alternatives, you are most probably excluding a lot of people from your site. As the title of this post suggests, you could be excluding not only the disabled folks but quite a number of other groupings of users. Today I would like to [...]

Equal height columns - CSS layout

Posted May 18th, 2008 by sailor | 4 Comments

When I started using CSS I quickly ran into the problem of having unequal heights in the different columns of the design. This was extremely frustrating at the time.

I remember using all sorts of tricks to overcome the problem.

Optimizing your stylesheets

Posted May 16th, 2008 by sailor | 8 Comments

I would like to start this article off with a reminder. Believe it or not, not everyone has access to broadband and the other faster Internet connection technologies. In the neck of the woods where I stay, most people still have to rely on dial-up services to access the Net.

Is website accessibility compatible with SEO?

Posted May 14th, 2008 by sailor | 8 Comments

I am definitely not a SEO expert, but to me it makes sense that if one implements SEO practices you should also consider the accessibility aspects. The final goal behind SEO is to get as many people as possible to easily find, and visit your site. If you ensure that your site also complies with the [...]

How readable is your site?

Posted May 12th, 2008 by sailor | No Comments

Criterion 3.1.5 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0, draft version) states the following:
When text requires reading ability more advanced than the lower secondary education level, supplemental content is available that does not require reading ability more advanced than the lower secondary education level.