MM 440:
Web Presentation

Lecture//Accessible Design

Overview
The Question
Differences in Perception
Access Technologies

What to Consider
Background and Text
Images
Links
Frames
PDFs
Shockwave
Tables
User Interaction
Testing
Best Practices

Further Info

Not everyone can use a mouse. If you can't see, you can't see where the mouse cursor is positioned on the page. If you have impaired mobility, you may not be able to hold the mouse, or manage the fine degree of control required for some mouse movements.

• Don't require users to be able to click on a small or moving target in order to proceed to another page. Offer additional plain text links.

• Give some thought to the TAB order of the various links and form elements on the page. The default is the order in which these elements appear in the HTML code. In most cases, this is appropriate, but in some instances, it may make more sense for a different TAB order to be set up - you can do this using the TABINDEX attribute.

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