2010 Mar 23

12 Tips for a More Accessible Website

Making your website accessible to everyone is not only a moral duty, it’s a legal obligation. Many organizations, including the International Olympic Committee, have been sued for not making their websites accessible enough. With 50 million Americans suffering from some disability or other, improving your site’s accessibility makes clear commercial sense too.

It’s not just those labeled as ‘disabled’ who stand to gain either. Research suggests that 57% of adult computer users will benefit from enhanced accessibility of some kind. Only 19% of websites currently meet the most basic accessibility requirements, so you can really stand out from the competition by making a few changes to your site.

In this article, we explore 12 ways in which you can make your site more accessible. Some methods are very cheap and quick to implement, others require a little more time and financial investment, but you should think of them as business opportunities. With the internet so central to all of our lives these days, it’s unfair that some people are being left behind.

增加可访问性可以笼统的理解为能让更多人有效的理解应用程序所传达的内容。你需要考虑的是一个构造良好的页面、在尽可能多的环境下可用的内容展现、对特殊人士的关怀⋯⋯
老外的12条遵则对中国大多数网站都是对牛弹琴,很可能从成本上我们的项目就无法兼顾这些东西,不过还是很值得学习的,这毕竟是未来的趋势。

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