Book Review: Access by Design
A review of a new book that gets excellent reviews ...
"For some Web designers, accessibility and usability are considered dirty words. To them, these two words create the idea of extra hours of intensive work. For the most part, this is a misconception. While extra work may be required (by law) in some cases, the end result can be worth the extra effort. Still, the idea that these requirements are for a small group of people is just not true. There is more to accessibility and usability than just changing some colors and adding text.
One of the major problems with this subject is it seems to have acquired a lot of bad press. In reality, it's not that hard to make a Web site accessible. To prove it, Sarah Horton has written a book about the subject, "Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers," published by New Riders. Sarah is co-author of the Web Style Guide and is the Web developer with Academic Computing at Dartmouth College. When it comes to accessibility and usability, Sarah seems to know her stuff." continued ... (Via webreference.com)
"For some Web designers, accessibility and usability are considered dirty words. To them, these two words create the idea of extra hours of intensive work. For the most part, this is a misconception. While extra work may be required (by law) in some cases, the end result can be worth the extra effort. Still, the idea that these requirements are for a small group of people is just not true. There is more to accessibility and usability than just changing some colors and adding text.
One of the major problems with this subject is it seems to have acquired a lot of bad press. In reality, it's not that hard to make a Web site accessible. To prove it, Sarah Horton has written a book about the subject, "Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers," published by New Riders. Sarah is co-author of the Web Style Guide and is the Web developer with Academic Computing at Dartmouth College. When it comes to accessibility and usability, Sarah seems to know her stuff." continued ... (Via webreference.com)
Access by Design : A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers
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