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Inaccessible Web Sites

Wednesday, October 9th, 2002 at 1:34 PM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

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Southwest Airlines may claim it loves to fly, but they’re not letting a person who is blind use the Web site. The Web site is incompatible with the screen reader. Article at Law.com. [Link Zeldman]

Frustrated with finding quality Web sites that are accessible, I’ve decided to start collecting a list of sites that have passed the Bobby validator, conform to WAI guidelines, or follow Section 508. You can validate XHTML and CSS, which is a step toward making a site accessible. These sites will be posted at Accessible Web Sites in the meryl.net articles area. It’s now open to submissions that will be reviewed prior to posting.

For information on how to create an accessible site, check out any of these resources:

These are just few of the great resources on the Internet. Books? Yes, there are good books on the topic. One is Constructing Accessible Web Sites and Joe Clark’s book, Building Accessible Websites will be out in any moment.