Web Site Accessibility
accessible web site - ANS-a web site that can be used by disabled users
Disabled users - ANS-users with disabilities or bad user conditions
Web Accessibility Initiative - WAI - ANS-a set of guidelines intended for web developers,
authors, and designers- about how to make the web content accessible to people with
disabilities
Goal of WAI - ANS-help make web contents available to more browsers (voice browsers, cell
phones, hand-held devices), and to more users working in difficult environments (hands-free,
strong light, darkness, bad sight, heavy noise)
Why WAI is important - ANS-If your website lacks features, such as resizable fonts, or images
with no descriptions, some people will not be able to access your information
adjustable font size - ANS-Use only relative font sizes, and let the user be able to use the
browser menu (View - Text Size) to change the default text size
the "alt" attribute - ANS-The alt attribute allows you to provide an alternative text for an image
browsers won't show images - ANS-•The user has turned off the display of images
•The browser is a mini browser without image display
•The browser is a voice browser
International date formats - ANS-The International Standard Organization (ISO) has defined an
international format for dates as "yyyy-mm-dd", where yyyy is the year, mm is the month, and dd
is the day
Web standards - ANS-make it easier for people with disabilities to use the Web
Web Page Validator - ANS-a software program that can check your web pages against the web
standards
using a validator - ANS-returns a list of errors found, according to your chosen standard.
Using Web standards - ANS-ensure that all browsers will display your Web site properly, without
time-consuming rewrites.
Pages that conform to standards - ANS-easier for search engines to access and index, easier to
convert to other formats, and easier to access with program code
accessible web site - ANS-a web site that can be used by disabled users
Disabled users - ANS-users with disabilities or bad user conditions
Web Accessibility Initiative - WAI - ANS-a set of guidelines intended for web developers,
authors, and designers- about how to make the web content accessible to people with
disabilities
Goal of WAI - ANS-help make web contents available to more browsers (voice browsers, cell
phones, hand-held devices), and to more users working in difficult environments (hands-free,
strong light, darkness, bad sight, heavy noise)
Why WAI is important - ANS-If your website lacks features, such as resizable fonts, or images
with no descriptions, some people will not be able to access your information
adjustable font size - ANS-Use only relative font sizes, and let the user be able to use the
browser menu (View - Text Size) to change the default text size
the "alt" attribute - ANS-The alt attribute allows you to provide an alternative text for an image
browsers won't show images - ANS-•The user has turned off the display of images
•The browser is a mini browser without image display
•The browser is a voice browser
International date formats - ANS-The International Standard Organization (ISO) has defined an
international format for dates as "yyyy-mm-dd", where yyyy is the year, mm is the month, and dd
is the day
Web standards - ANS-make it easier for people with disabilities to use the Web
Web Page Validator - ANS-a software program that can check your web pages against the web
standards
using a validator - ANS-returns a list of errors found, according to your chosen standard.
Using Web standards - ANS-ensure that all browsers will display your Web site properly, without
time-consuming rewrites.
Pages that conform to standards - ANS-easier for search engines to access and index, easier to
convert to other formats, and easier to access with program code
