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A Web for Everyone

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Designing Accessible User Experiences

By Sarah Horton & Whitney Quesenbery

Published: January 2014
Paperback: 288 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1933820-97-2
Ebook ISBN: 978-1933820-39-2

If you are in charge of the user experience, development, or strategy for a web site, A Web for Everyone will help you make your site accessible without sacrificing design or innovation. Rooted in universal design principles, this book provides solutions: practical advice and examples of how to create sites that everyone can use.

If you are in charge of the user experience, development, or strategy for a web site, A Web for Everyone will help you make your site accessible without sacrificing design or innovation. Rooted in universal design principles, this book provides solutions: practical advice and examples of how to create sites that everyone can use.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Aaron Gustafson
Chapter 1: A Web for Everyone
Chapter 2: People First: Designing for differences
Chapter 3: Clear Purpose: Well-defined goals
Chapter 4: Solid Structure: Built to standards
Chapter 5: Easy Interaction: Everything works
Chapter 6: Helpful Wayfinding: Guides users
Chapter 7: Clean Presentation: Visual design supports meaning
Chapter 8: Plain Language: Creates a conversation
Chapter 9: Accessible Media: Supports all senses
Chapter 10: Universal Usability: Creates delight
Chapter 11: An Integrated Process
Chapter 12: The Future: Design for all
Appendix: WCAG 2.0 Cross Check

FAQ

These common questions about web accessibility and their short answers are taken from Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery’s book A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version.

  1. I’m not a designer (or I’m not a developer), so why should I read this book?
    It’s difficult to imagine a context in which one person could take a product, from soup to nuts, and make it accessible. There are so many decisions to be made, and accessibility must be considered at every step along the way. A designer or developer can’t make accessibility happen alone.If the decisions you make as part of your work impact someone’s experi- ence of a digital product, you need to know how to make decisions that will not result in accessibility issues. If you are leading an organization or a team, you may need to shake things up and change ow you do business in order to achieve accessibility. You can’t just tack it on and hope it sticks You need everyone to change their processes to make accessibility part of their practice.Chapter 11 looks at putting accessibility into practice.

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Resources

Accessible UX principles and guidelines

Using the accessible UX principles and guidelines, you can create websites and web applications that work for everyone—including people with disabilities. Each of the guidelines is explained and illustrated in A Web for Everyone.

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We have also created a table that maps the AUX guidelines to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, in Appendix B.

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