http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/intro Suggested amendments in [ ]: What is Web Accessibility Web accessibility is making the Web usable by everyone, regardless of disability. [Web accessibility means a Web that people with disabilities can use. It also benefits most other Web users - and developers, and organisations, and ... ... ...] Web accessibility focuses on designing [pages and applications] so that people with disabilities can use the Web effectively. For example, some people cannot use a mouse [while others cannot see the screen and its graphics]. Web accessibility ensures that the Web can be used with only a keyboard and does not require a mouse, [and information is contained solely in images]. [An accessible site is also likely to be more usable on mobile devices than inaccessible sites??] More specifically, the goal of Web accessibility is that people with visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and [or ('and' implies a person with multiple disabilities only)] neurological disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web. <snip /> And just to note that I like the term "functional limitations" as can include the elderly, injured, and PWD Andrew _________________________________ Dr Andrew Arch Manager Online Accessibility Consulting National Information & Library Service, Australia Ph 613 9864 9222; Fax 613 9864 9210; Mobile 0438 755 565 http://www.nils.org.au/ | http://www.it-test.com.au/ | http://www.ozewai.org/ Member, Education & Outreach Working Group, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/ NILS - A Joint Venture between the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, The Royal Blind Society of NSW, and Vision Australia Foundation.Received on Sunday, 20 June 2004 18:38:47 GMT
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