What’s the key to Accessibility?
Joe Dolson writes – “In a word, options. Building an accessible website doesn’t mean building a visual experience which will work perfectly for all audience. It doesn’t mean writing content that everybody will be able to read equally. What it means is creating an experience where users can alter their experience as they choose so they can best experience the site. Everything from font size, to color contrast, to color choice, to accesskey assignments, to the content itself can be configurable”
That’s a smart way to think about accessibility. There’s one critical caveat: Knowing about the options, getting to the options, and using the options. If you don’t know about the options, then accessibility is thrown out the window. If you can’t get to the options, then accessiblity is just a dream. If you can use the options, then you can flush accessibility down the toilet.
Provide options but ensure that they are accessible.
November 19th, 2006 at 11:58 am
Thanks for noticing, John! I like the way you’ve put it.
(And, by the way, it’s “joe”, not “joel”.)
Thanks,
Joe
November 19th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Joe,
Mea culpa! Name fixed. ;-)
Good stuff on your site. Keep up the excellent work. If you post anything else you think WebWord readers might like, throw me a line. Keep me in the loop.
Cheers,
- John
November 19th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
Certainly will!
Thanks!