- Author:
- Sarah Horton
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- Poor G, Donahue T, Mott M, Zimmerman G and Leventhal L Access-a-WoW Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Universal access in human-computer interaction: users diversity - Volume Part II, (352-361)
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Index Terms
- Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers
Reviews
Will Wallace
This treatise introduces the key concepts to be addressed when creating an accessible Web design. It is well organized and contains some good information, but it is shallow and repetitive. So, if you are looking for an in-depth, technical discussion of Web accessibility and usability, look elsewhere. Each chapter, after an introduction, begins with a "Basic Principles" section. Most chapters also include a "Markup" section. Subsections within each are summarized in a paragraph entitled "In a nutshell." These paragraphs are collected in the appendix. The markup section of a few chapters actually talks about Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags. For instance, the chapter on tables mentions the TH and CAPTION tags, but there is no information on the technical aspects of how to put the accessibility principles to use. In most books, the opening section of a chapter introduces the chapter's topics. Then, subsequent sections provide a more detailed treatment of the topics. However, Horton repeats what she said in the introduction in the remaining sections of the chapter, with little rewording in some cases. This work had the potential to be a great book on creating accessible Web designs, but its redundancy would need to be replaced with good technical examples of how to implement the principles described. This is a book to browse through in the bookstore or to borrow from the library. If you are serious about learning how to build accessible Web sites, I highly recommend spending your money on Clark's book [1]. My copy is dog-eared and well worn. Another excellent resource is Duckett's book [2]. It contains two detailed chapters on accessibility. Online Computing Reviews Service
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