New developments in Web Accessibility

New Developments in WebAccessibility

Created by / Eric Eggert @yatil

I’m now with the W3C.That’s the World Wide Web Consortium.

„Web AccessibilitySpecialist“

We’ve got the power!

Design Improvements

UI Improvements

Usability Improvements

This makes a huge difference for all users.

Accessibility Improvements?

Whenever you don’t thinkabout accessibility, youactively exclude people.

Please be aware of this.

You!… can make a difference.

We can help you.

We provide resources.

A lot of resources.

Understanding Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

2.0& Techniques for WCAG 2.0

Literally hundreds of techniques, for example for HTML,

CSS, JavaScript, …

We want to lower barriers toentry.

For users and developers .

working draft

EasyChecksHow to check the website for basic accessibility issues.

w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary

editor’s draft

Evaluation Tools Listw3c.github.io/wai-eval-tools

draft

How

People with Disabilities

Use the Webw3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web

draft

Before and After Demo(BAD)

w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/

draft/editor’s draft

Web AccessibilityTutorials

Now: Images, Tablesw3.org/WAI/tutorials/

Soon: Page Structure, Forms, Carousels, Menusw3c.github.io/wai-tutorials/

Thank you! / / ee@w3.org yatil.net @yatil

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