RE: Accessibility

Hi John,

A bit technical but a few more points for you:

- Dynamic menus such as pull downs (rendered with DHTML/JS) must be
converted to standard anchor links.
- Don't force font sizes since many users will use a large font for
reading.  They need to be able to change font size on the browser end.
- Images and Flash/Director stuff are generally discouraged - especially
stuff we call epileptic media (see WAI's guideline 2.3)
- Test everything you build with a screen reader.  You might be
surprised by what it picks up.
- Because a version for the disabled is typically so different from the
original, changing the CSS for the two versions is often not enough.
Use two template sets (presentation layers) and publish a normal and an
accessible edition from the same content.  Make sure you have a good CMS
that will allow for multiple publications otherwise you might run into
trouble down the road.

a.

André Milton
www.mlore.com