Accessibility 101
A presentation at Webmontag Frankfurt – Ignite Special 2010 in in Frankfurt, Germany by Eric Eggert
101 Accessibility Eric Eggert, yatil.de, Global Ignite Week (Frankfurt), 2010-03-01
(Almost.) Everyone here is disabled . (Or will be at some time.)
“People need not be limited by physical handicaps as long as they are not disabled in spirit.”
di ! erent input
mechanisms & di ! erent output
mechanisms
We don’t need special websites for people with special requirements.
Accessible websites help everyone.
Have you ever forgotten to buy new batteries for your mouse?
Designing for our future selves.
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Making great websites is fun .
The web enables people to do things beyond their abilities.
Thank you!
Images • Slide 3 & 4: • http://epicwinftw.com/2010/01/29/stephen-hawking-lego/ • Slide 5: • Trackball: http://www.vowiki.at/index.php?title=Bild:Infogriptrackball.jpg • http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php • Slide 7: • http://www.flickr.com/photos/karola/4017466586/in/photostream/ (Karola Riegler) • http://www.bizeps.or.at/oegsvideo.php?nr=9593 (ÖGS video still image) • http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html (TED video) • http://live.gnome.org/Orca (Orca screen reader) • Slide 8: • http://www.flickr.com/photos/yatil/galleries/72157623414493993/ by @ScreenOrigami • Slide 10: • http://failblog.org/2008/09/05/ramp-fail/ (Failblog) • http://accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org/1101.html (found at accessibility-fail.dreamwidth.org)
Images • Slide 11: • http://www.hauptbahnhof-wien.at/ • Slide 12 & 13: • http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html • Slide 15: • http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/ • Slide 20: • http://thereifixedit.com/2009/08/16/epic-kludge-photo-santas-towing-service/
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