Accessibility: How to make your website fit for all

[Angel]

There's an interesting article in today's Computer Weekly : How to make your website fit for all - An armoury of resources is available to ensure your organisation's website can meet the needs of disabled visitors, boosting usage and keeping you within the law.

It lists five common web accessibility mistakes:

• Missing or incorrect alternative text explanations for image
  Page headings not marked up within the HTML code
  Poorly designed tab and return navigation through a web page
  "Click here" links that do not contain any text or speech output information for visually impaired users about the link's destination
  "Self-triggering" drop-down menus that automatically redirect users without their knowledge or consent

It's worth a read, even if you don't follow the links for further investigation.

[Martha]

Also, many of these (most, in fact) area problem for search engines when indexing your site, so by correcting them, you win all round. It's not a bad idea to look at your site through a screen reader or a browser like Lynx, and check that it all still makes sense, because it'squite close to how Google sees you.

http://lynx.browser.org/