curtismchale 's List: Accessibility

• Visually disabled users range from the colour blind, to the fully blind. These users can have problems understanding images that are not accompanied by a text description of what they show. Without a text description a user who can't see an image has no way of knowing what it is, or what it represents.

  • good description of what it mean to be a visually disabled user
• finding the information we want can be difficult for the most able of us. The situation is not helped by sites that use an overly complex design, inconsistent navigation, and distracting, repetitive animation.

  • things that make websites harder to understand by presenting distraction. it specifically targets users with coginitive disabilities but this just compounds the problem that will still be seen by any user.
• There's another reason to make your site accessible (if you need any more!). According to current figures, disabled users currently make up around 10% to 20% of the population in most countries. Increase that figure to represent the portion of your users who fall into the categories listed above, and you're looking at up to 30% of the market for your Website.

  • disabled users market share

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