Web Content Accessibility, A gentle introduction
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Web Content Accessibility A gentle introduction Donato Rotunno
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A nice introduction to Web Content Accessibility
Transcript of Web Content Accessibility, A gentle introduction
Web Content AccessibilityA gentle introduction
Donato Rotunno
Why gentle?
✔ Hard to understand
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement✔ Is expensive and has a huge
impact on the project budget
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement✔ Is expensive and has a huge
impact on the project budget✔ The customer didn't say a word
about it
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement✔ Is expensive and has a huge
impact on the project budget✔ The customer didn't say a word
about it
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement✔ Is expensive and has a huge
impact on the project budget✔ The customer didn't say a word
about it
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement✔ Is expensive and has a huge
impact on the project budget✔ The customer didn't say a word
about it
✔ Hard to understand✔ Hard to implement✔ Is expensive and has a huge
impact on the project budget✔ The customer didn't say a word
about it
Not taken into account
What is accessibility?
Breaking down the barriers
Between the user and the web content
2 Scenarios
2 Scenarios
- Unreacheable content
2 Scenarios
- Unreacheable content
- Hidden content
Prevention
Our reference: WAI
W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative
Our source: WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (2.0)
Our source: WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (2.0)
W3C Recommendation 11 December 2008
4 Principles
1 - Perceivable
Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive
4 Guidelines
2 - Operable
User interface components and navigation must be operable
4 Guidelines
3 - Understandable
Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable
3 Guidelines
4 - Robust
Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies
1 Guideline
Resources
WAIhttp://www.w3.org/WAI/
WCAGhttp://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
Switzerland
Access for Allhttp://www.access-for-all.ch/
Accessibility checklisthttp://www.accessibility-checklist.ch/
