HCI and the Web

XI.4 July + August 2004
Page: 55
Digital Citation

Inclusive design


Authors:
William Hudson

City University, London1, recently completed its accessibility survey of 1,000 U.K. Web sites on behalf of the UK's Disability Rights Commission. It is probably the largest of its kind ever undertaken, but sadly the results are no surprise—certainly not to anyone who has ever tried to navigate a Web site without a mouse. However, some of the findings are quite interesting and have even managed to spark a minor conflict with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative, which may increase interest in the topic, if nothing else. First, the predictable information: All 1,000 sites were tested against the WAI's Web…




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