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Accessible Christmas Alphabet
C is for Client side scripting, progressive you’ll agree.
H is for page Headings that will help both you and me.
R is for Relative text — from pixels we’ll abstain.
I is for Identifying language or text that’s not mundane.
S is for Style sheets because they keep your file size small.
T is for Tabindex — don’t make it a bad call.
M is for the Markup — make sure a list’s a list.
A is for Alternative when images are missed.
S is for Skip links so TAB users never fret.
Be good and users will love your Accessible Christmas Alphabet!
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Everything is a Progressive Enhancement
Mention progressive enhancement as it pertains to web development and many people are going to immediately think of proper and accessible methods of adding JavaScript to a web page. In reality, though, everything is a progressive enhancement. From the addition of styles, imagery, and aesthetic touches, to layout, links, to the aforementioned scripting, even the content can play a role in this category. All of it can enhance a web site, and all of it must be applied progressively. Let’s explore this further…
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Does Accessibility Cost More?
What is the most accurate answer to this seemingly age-old question? Speaking for myself, I’d say it does cost more to create an accessible site. Cheaper alternatives exist on the world “wild” web, but not on my menu — I only make accessible sites and won’t entertain opportunities to make them otherwise. But my labors will cost the client more money than what they might spend on some low-end assembly-line site hammered out by a developer that doesn’t care. And I feel absolutely justified in doing so. After all, creating a through-and-through quality, top-of-the-line accessible site does take time, extra attention to detail, and a sound knowledge of the requirements. This knowledge has value, quality takes time, and time is money.
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A Comparative: Accessibility and Usability
The comments made in response to Mel Pedley’s excellent article, Web Usability, started to take on a life of their own as it pertained to the relationship between “web accessibility” and “web site usability.” I personally feel that the two — accessibility and usability — have an incredible amount of common ground and are hopelessly intertwined. Married until-death-do-you-part, if you will. Being a commenter myself, I had written the following:
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