Views of a Web Page
Yesterday I encouraged you all to read the article Fixing Browsers: Bugs and Hacks by Lorelle VanFossen. Lorelle was kind enough to share another article she wrote, Views of a Web Page. In this article, Lorelle describes in wonderful detail the testing process used when building a web page. The article discusses developing and testing for various screen sizes, handhelds, variable font sizes, print, browsers, search engines, color blindness and visual impairments. Taking Your Camera on the Road puts into practice everything that we have discussed in class about accessibility. Thank you Lorelle for sharing your amazing resource with us!
Once you digest Views of a Web Page, take some time to explore the rest of Lorelle and Brent’s site, Taking Your Camera on the Road (you may want to grab a cup of coffee, you may be there for hours as the information is so diverse). Lorelle and Brent have spent 10 years on the road photographing and documenting their journey; the photographs are exquisite and the stories are inspirational, educational, and gut wrenching. For those of you who love photography, don’t miss the learning section!
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November 19th, 2005 at 5:13 pm
Wow, thanks for the nice words. And I’m glad to help. The issue of accessibility is near and dear to my heart and it is critical that we all make designing web pages with accessibility in mind a priority. It helps that search engines love it, but I’ve seen stats that say at least 25% of all Internet users are handicapped, disabled, visually or physically impaired, or whatever term you want to use for people who need the web who have special needs. This makes designing for access more than just important but critical to help 1 in 4 viewers of your web pages.
Thanks again! And keep fighting for the good fight!