A UX Designer’s Critique of Accessibility
Posted in Accessibility, Usability | October 5th, 2010
Alexander Dawson published this article today that really got me thinking. I’ve been studying and following the complex issues surrounding accessibility on the Internet since 2003 or so, when I was the webmaster at The University of Texas at Austin and was asked to design 503-compliant sites for the first time. Little has changed, in my opinion, since those days and this article does a good job to lay things out and explain what’s right and what’s wrong. He then gives some suggestions as to how to improve the system. I strongly believe that every designer should read and understand what is going in this area and learn what they can do to create better, more accessible sites.
