> Finally got around to making descent sites using CSS instead of HTML. Thought > I would go the whole hog and get some acessibility in while I was at it.
Accessibility is not a technical matter or something to add to a web site after you have done all the rest, the sooner you plan for a diverse user group, the better your site will be in terms of accessibility. A visual text "see our offers on the right" "click here to continue" can never be accessible, neither can be an unreadable font or colours with not enough contrast. > (i) How can I change the text size on a page - look at the top right hand > corner. > > http://www.nhshealthquality.org/nhsqis/qis_display_home.jsp?pSize=default&pContentID=1815&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&; > I have seen this on a few sites and want to see some tutorials/guidelines. This is a font resizing widget, and while it is rather nice to have, it is not really a must or a need when it comes to accessibility. Basically it is a dumbed down style switcher: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/relafont/ > (ii) the XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS can be done online at W3C but what > about WAI 'AAA'. How is this achived, I hear it has to be chaecked manually. There are automated tools doing the donkey work for you, like webxact, but as accessibility is about people, and not computers, you will have to test manually. A tool could never recognise what is alternative text that makes sense and what isn't. Beware of the AAA AA and A. They are guidelines that mean nothing in a legal sense, or even how _usable_ the site is. AAA is almost impossible to reach and still be a usable and pretty site. > Any links, books, tutorials would be much appreciated, The motherlode, dated but still good: http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/ Good Web site and mailinglist: http://webaim.org/ This is off-topic here by the way, isn't it? -- Chris Heilmann Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com Writing: http://icant.co.uk/ Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
