Universal Web Design

Defining the Issues:

Why Universal Web Design?

Legal Background
Section 504

Legal Background
Section 504 (cont.)

Legal Background
Section 508

Legal Background
Section 508 (cont.)

Who is affected?

How do they “SEE” the Web?

Who Makes the Rules?

"Checkpoints are assigned priority levels..."

Text Equivalent

Macromedia Dreamweaver:
ALT attribute made easy!!

Dreamweaver Tools

Slide 15

LONGDESC attribute

Don’t rely on color alone

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Clearly Identify Changes in the Natural Language – not 508

With or Without Style Sheets

Avoid Flickering/Blinking

Server-side Image Maps

Client-Side Image Maps

Data Tables

Coffee (cont.)

Coffee (cont.)

Coffee (cont.)

Coffee (cont.)

Multi-logic row or column headers

Use of Frames

Slide 32

Scripting Languages

Applets and plug-ins (508)

Electronic Forms (508)

Multimedia

Links - Descriptive and Short

Choose a link:
Click here
Click here
This
Jump

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Content Tracking (508)
Provide method that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.

Timed Response (508)

No 1 Rule:

Other topics:

How do I know it works?

Resources