Web accessibility

In recent years there has been a trend towards visual overload in web design. In trying to buck this trend the example of Josef Müller Brockmann is instructive.

Web accessibility isn’t just about meeting a set of guidelines. You need an appreciation of WHY you are making your site accessible, as well as who you are doing it for.

The legal and policy context for web accessibility in the UK can be confusing, mainly because the legislation in the area has not been clear and there is a lack of explicit guidance.

Jakob Nielson’s “Designing Web Usability” may be in dire need of a second edition, but it remains an important source of guidance for new web designers.

A common mistake that people make when developing web sites for accessibility is to use tables to control their layouts.