How disabled users access the Internet

Written by Trenton Moss


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Colour blindness It is estimated that one in 12 men and one in 200 women have some form of colour blindness (http://www.iee.org/Policy/Areas/Health/cvdintro.cfm). You can check how Internet users with different strains of colour blindness are viewing your website at http://www.tesspub.com/colours.html.

Deaf users Deaf users are able to accessrepparttar Internet in muchrepparttar 118736 same way as able-bodied people with one key exception – audio content. If it is a key function of your website for people to be able to hear a message, then be sure to provide written transcripts.

Keyboard/voice only users Some of your site users do not have access to a mouse when browsingrepparttar 118737 Internet. Try putting yourself in their position by navigating your website using only tab, shift-tab, andrepparttar 118738 return keys.

Other users Other people who may access your website that have disadvantages include: 1 Epileptic users who must always be careful to avoid seeing flickering between 2 and 55 Hz 2 Web users from outside your industry who may not understand industry jargon or acronyms 3 Web users whose first language is not English and who may not be able to comprehend complicated language

To really put yourself inrepparttar 118739 position of one of these web users try outrepparttar 118740 DRC’s inaccessible website demonstration at http://www.drc-gb.org/newsroom/website.asp.

This article was written by Trenton Moss of Webcredible (Http://www.webcredible.co.uk), the user-friendly website experts. Find articles and tutorials about web usability, web accessibility, web credibility, search engine optimisation and CSS in the extensive web development resources (http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/) area of their website.


The Two Best-Kept Secrets Of The Internet

Written by Michael Cheney, magnet4web.com ©


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Secret Number 2 - Interaction

Goto your website. Just look at it. Go through a few pages. Imagine that you had hit 'Print' on each of those pages. Wouldrepparttar experience of readingrepparttar 118735 pages in hardcopy be exactlyrepparttar 118736 same as reading them onrepparttar 118737 screen? If it would you don't own a website - you own an expensive brochure. Interaction is whyrepparttar 118738 internet was born - it isrepparttar 118739 one attribute and opportunity that setsrepparttar 118740 medium apart from print and anything else. Your website needs to be littered with things that enable interaction between you and your visitors. Feedback forms, downloads, bookmarking tools, contact options, newsletters etc.

Information and interaction - together these arerepparttar 118741 only things that matter when it comes torepparttar 118742 internet. Now go back, look at your site and appraise it honestly in terms of how well it addresses each ofrepparttar 118743 two facets. Is it full of interactive features that enable people to get closer to your business and control their browsing experience? Does it provide lots of valuable information that is easy to find? Armed with these two secrets you can start to truly harnessrepparttar 118744 real power ofrepparttar 118745 internet. Good luck!

Michael Cheney Sales & Marketing Director, magnet4web.com (c)

Michael Cheney is a successful entrepreneur and owner of magnet4web.com - one of the UK's leading website marketing companies. You can read more of his articles and download your FREE website marketing guide "How To Turn Your Website Into A Customer Magnet" at www.magnet4web.com


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