We know that a lot of lip service is paid to the idea of accessibility. That’s building online and offline products which can be used easily, not just by the fully able but also by those people with people with disabilities. It’s often assumed that building accessible products is prohibitively expensive but that’s often not the case and the truth is that a more accessible product often provides a better user experience for both fully abled as well as the disabled. Continue reading
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[Myth] Accessible sites are ugly
StandardMyth #6: Accessible sites are ugly
Accessibility on the web means making your content available to users with different skills and devices. A key requirement of web accessibility is to separate content (HTML) from visual appearance (CSS) in order to allow those preferring – or requiring – to use their own specific style sheet to access the content.
Since the visual appearance of a site is defined by style sheets, accessibility in itself should not have any impact on visual design. Continue reading