| Overview There is a lot of talk these
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| | leave your site quickly. Aside from
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| days with regard to proper development
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| | looking tacky, flashing effects are to be
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| practices and accessible web design. If
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| | avoided to ensure those sensitive to
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| you don't think any of this applies to
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| | seizures are not at risk. Content is both
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| you or your website, you probably don't
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| | more effective and better understood by
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| understand exactly what this is all
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| | those with developmental and learning
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| about. Web Accessibility refers to the
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| | disabilities when it is written in plain
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| practice of creating websites that will
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| | text. The Web Accessibility Initiative
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| be useable for people of any ability or
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| | The WAI started in 1999 by the World Wide
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| disability. Many things come into play
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| | Web Consortium and is viewed as the
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| when accounting for a person's eye sight,
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| | standard set of guidelines for creating
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| mobility, auditory and logic skills. Too
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| | accessible websites. Although there has
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| many web development companies overlook
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| | been some criticism of their guidelines
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| the importance of coding a website in
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| | they have been working since 2003 to
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| meaningful HTML. Utilities for blind
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| | release the second edition of
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| users, such as text-to-speech software,
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| | accessibility standards which will be
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| make use of alternate text for images and
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| | much more technology-neutral. This will
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| properly named links. Another downside to
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| | leave more room for interpretation and
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| overlooking proper HTML lies with the
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| | adaptability. The guide goes into great
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| robots search engines send out to read
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| | depth on how to create accessible web
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| your website. These computers that browse
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| | content and includes a checkpoint summary
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| the internet by themselves can learn a
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| | by topic and priority. They discuss
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| lot more about your website, and get a
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| | important issues and provide design
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| lot deeper into your site when they
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| | solutions for a number of scenarios that
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| aren't confused by poor coding practices.
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| | cause conflicts. The Future of
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| Many people have difficulty controlling a
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| | Accessibility We are at a point now where
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| mouse with precision, and can become
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| | there is no doubt accessibility is
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| frustrated while attempting to select a
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| | important, in fact it is already a legal
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| small link. Web designers need to allow
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| | requirement in certain countries. Try
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| for enlargeable text sizes and create
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| | searching Google for anything along the
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| larger clickable areas whenever possible.
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| | lines of 'web accessibility' and you'll
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| Links should always be styled and colored
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| | see the vast amounts of information
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| different than body text so that even
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| | available. There's still a lot of work to
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| color blind users can quickly locate the
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| | be done, but we've come a long way over
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| links on any web page. Pages can even be
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| | the last few years. With more and more
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| coded in a fashion that allows them to be
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| | websites being populated with user
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| navigated without a mouse or keyboard
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| | generated content, a simple set of
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| should your audience be likely to require
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| | guidelines for web designers is becoming
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| this. No website should ever rely solely
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| | less useful. It is impossible to monitor
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| on a video or audio component to convey
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| | this content for accessibility as it is
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| information. Problems here extend farther
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| | being created at such a rapid rate. We
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| than those who are hard of hearing or
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| | are also seeing new assistive
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| have poor eyesight. You are relying on
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| | technologies that support elements like
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| certain hardware and or software to be
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| | JavaScript, PDF's and Flash which will
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| installed on the visitor's computer. If a
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| | create many new options for websites that
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| user has no speakers, or if they are
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| | remain fully accessible. Summary: An
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| turned off, they could miss your
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| | article for everyone on accessible web
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| important message or even be annoyed if
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| | design. Discusses the common mistakes
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| they were listening to something else.
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| | made by designers and why you should
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| Visitors are valuable and you should
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| | concern yourself with them.
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| never do anything to encourage them to
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