Practicality of Accessibility
Whether or not there are laws associated with providing accessibility, the business-related motivations for maximizing accessibility as a Web site-based company should be viewed as reflecting a fundamental prerequisite for individuals and corporations wishing to do business via the Internet with anyone at all in the first place.
Perhaps unknowingly, however, most business Web sites continue to lock out prospective customers because they made one or more Web design decisions — either by choice or oversight — that inherently will limit user accessibility to their Web site's pages. Typical examples of these decisions are listed below:
1. Specific Web Browser(s) and/or Version(s) are required 2. Specific Operating System(s) are required JavaScript-enabled Web Browsers are required ActiveX, Multimedia, Flash, animation, or Plug-ins are required 3. Non-keyboard Navigation Tools Requirement 4. Failure to Provide Balloon Text (Tool Tips) for all hyperlinks 5. Failure to Provide Error Handling or Contingency Pages 6. Failure to Provide Meaningful Contact Information 7. Failure to Validate every Web page's Underlying HTML Source Code, Cascading Style Sheets, or Accessibility (Priority Levels 1, 2, and 3 inclusive for AAA rating). Because learning from the mistakes of others, as well as ourselves, is a natural path to meaninful, directed professional growth, the above-listed decisions are among those addressed and avoided entirely by Scsi's Scsi's "Perfect 10" Web Site Standard --- visit the Web page at http://sonoffconsulting.com/unique_features.html for complete details.
Consequently, the remainder of the "Why 100% Accessibility?" Web page highlights some of the specific accessibility-related benefits that you will come to recognize and appreciate as being direct consequences of the underlying design of the Scsi P&KT; Web site. |
