Accessites.org
The Art of Accessibility

Our hope is to find more web site gems that reach the higher award levels.

We’ve decided to make a small change around here: We’ve decided to not rely solely on submissions from visitors. We’re going to start adding a few sites to the grading queue ourselves as we happen to stumble upon them. If we find a great site out there that we deem exemplary, we want to showcase it — this will be done with the site owner’s permission, of course. We’ve never hit the bottom of our queue, but we have decided this might be a good thing to do all the same. It is because of our high rejection rate.

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As other have done before us, we’re going to try and make a business case for web accessibility. We’re doing it by way of a short presentation. This sort of thing shouldn’t really be needed. The obvious ethical and moral side of web accessibility should be enough to motivate people, but we know that’s not always the case. Without further ado, here’s our take on answering the often asked question: “Why Web Accessibility Makes Sense.”

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Due to a couple of comments we received in response to our relaunch article, we are now offering a font changer (on home page only) so you can select a different type face — one better suited to meet your needs. The problem was a couple of visitors noted difficulty reading the Century Gothic that we had chosen within body text. Problem solved. This font-changer will record your preference in a cookie so you will be presented with that type-face on future visits.

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As a team we decided on a change. Well, several changes, actually. First thing you’ll have already noticed is a new look. But on deeper inspection you may notice many changes, from the back-end all the way to the front you’re facing now — even the way we conduct business has been changed.

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