2006 accessibility articles

Usability for older web users (February 2006) The number of older web users is growing at a dramatic rate. Find out how to make your website easy to use for this lucrative market.

Learning difficulties & web accessibility (January 2006) Web accessibility for those with learning difficulties can prevent some unique challenges - find out why and what you should be doing.

2005 accessibility articles

Using the Web Accessibility Toolbar (October 2005) The Web Accessibility Toolbar will help you test any website for basic accessibility in just a few minutes - find out where you can get it from and how to use it.

The problem with automated accessibility testing tools (August 2005) Automated accessibility testing tools can be useful, but there are a number of disadvantages with relying on them.

Improving usability for screen reader users (July 2005) Find out how to improve usability and accessibility for screen reader users.

Web accessibility for screen magnifier users (May 2005) Discover how to improve both usability and accessibility for screen magnifier users using the Internet.

Writing effective ALT text for images (March 2005) Simply inserting ALT text isn't necessarily enough to ensure accessible images - the text must also be effectively written. Find out how to achieve this...

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) & web accessibility (February 2005) Find out about the UK legal requirements for websites under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)

Making accessible forms part 2 (January 2005) Learn even more about making your online forms accessible in part 2 of this HTML form tutorial

2004 accessibility articles

Making accessible forms part 1 (December 2004) Learn how to make your online forms accessible in this HTML form tutorial

The secret benefit of accessibility part 2: A higher search engine ranking (October 2004) How a website optimised for accessibility also helps it achieve a high search engine ranking

The secret benefit of accessibility part 1: Increased usability (September 2004) Popular article outlining how a website optimised for accessibility also improves its usability

Separate text-only version? No thanks! (August 2004) Why a separate text-only version of a website is a really bad idea

Web accessibility myths (July 2004) Dispelling some popular myths about designing accessible websites

Ten accessibility blunders of the big players17 (June 2004) Accessibility evaluation of ten of the most popular websites on the Internet

The DRC blew it (May 2004) The DRC has been campaigning for accessible websites for years. They just had their biggest chance to force some change... And they blew it

Manchester United: Top of the web accessibility league? (May 2004) Manchester United' accessible website has received a lot of publicity. This article suggests that what they've done is actually very wrong

CSS and round corners: Making accessible menu tabs (April 2004) Find out how to lose the box layout of your CSS pages and make great menu tabs

Ten quick tests to check your website for accessibility (April 2004) An easy way to test your website for accessibility

Benefits of an accessible website - part 2: the business case (March 2004) The benefits of accessible websites and web accessibility

Benefits of an accessible website - part 1: increase in reach (March 2004) The business benefits of accessible websites and web accessibility

How disabled users access the Internet (February 2004) How disabled people use the Internet

Web accessibility: The basics (January 2004) Learn the all-important web accessibility basics with these tips and guidelines