Accessibility
Websites should be accessible to as many people as possible. There are different ways of building web sites even when they seem the same at a glance. The key differences in recent years are the separation of style and content.
Visually impaired site users may use screen readers that read a lot of information relating to how the page should look not just the content if the pages are not structured in certain ways. Tables being used for all layouts were/are a notorious culprit. Sadly the subject can go way too deep and there are many ways you can lose site of who you are trying to help.
Legal scare mongering happens too - usually connected to the Sydney Olympics test case. If you want to help your disabled web site users it doesn't cost much more - if anything - with some sites, just ask us.
Another benefit of accessibility is good design. If someone can't move a mouse easily they don't want to be chasing moving menus or any other nonsense. Common sense to you and me but common sense is difficult to quantify.
You may have to comply with certain accessibility guidelines as a funding requirement or QA or other standards. The two authoritative guidelines are the W3C, who issue Web Accessibility Initiative (wai) guidelines for 'A', 'AA' and 'AAA' standards and the US508. We can work to the WAI standards or US508 standards if required.
Mobile surprise
Some of the benefits to disabled users also benefit other users and will make your site more easy to adapt to the future - and more easily read by search engines. More and more people are accessing the web via mobile and for most organisations it may be a good idea to accommodate that. Accessible sites will be much easier to make mobile friendly. Contact us for a free quote or discussion. ©2009 All Rights Reserved. Zct Limited a company limited by guarantee. Company number 5291314