Web Standards and Accessibility
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A presentation about web standards and accessibility I gave to the ASIS&T group at Wayne State University. Full Explanation: http://wsuasist.blogspot.com/2009/03/web-standards-and-accessibility.html
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Web Standards and Accessibility
- 1. Web Standards and Accessibility Nick DeNardis http://nickdenardis.com @nickdenardis Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 2. About Myself • Associate Director of Web Communications • Host of EDU Checkup • Staff Writer at .eduGuru • Officer for Refresh Detroit Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 3. • What are Web Standards • Standards in the Real World • What is Accessibility • Accessibility in the Real World Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 4. What are Web Standards? • Philosophy of Web Design • Best Practices • Validation • Semantics • Three Main Layers Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 5. Three Layers Javascript / Behavior CSS / Design HTML / Content Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 6. HTML / Content • Describe Content (semantic) • Validation (W3C) • Reduce Meaningless Markup • Reduce Download Speed • Tables for Tabular Data (only) Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 7. <ul class=”skip”> <fieldset id=”login”> Content <h1> <h2> <ul id=”navigation”> Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 8. CSS / Design • Images that don’t have meaning to the doc • Positioning • Global Changes • Establishing Rules • ID’s and Class Naming Conventions • Cross Browser Support Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 9. Design Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 10. Javascript / Behavior • Progressive Enhancement • Graceful Degradation • AJAX • Javascript Libraries • Cross Browser Support Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 11. Behavior Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 12. Pitching to the Boss • Less Bandwidth • Less Server Load • Bring more people (less obstruction) • Ease of Maintenance • SEO Built In • Future Proofing • Save Money Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 13. The Ugly Reality • Rushed Timelines • Too Many Developers • Lack of Communication • WYSIWYG Editors • Scope Creep • Slow Erosion • !important Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 14. What Can You Do? • Defensive Development • Flexible Design/Code • Plan for the worst case • No pixel perfect layouts • Establishing Rules/Habits Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 15. What is Accessibility • Beyond the Blind • Universal Access • Just Using Mouse/Keyboard • Lockdown Situations (IE 6) • Slow Connections • Mobile Browsers Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 16. Accessibility Rules • It’s The Right Thing To Do • Progressive Enhancement • ADA (Section 508) • Screen Readers • Search Engines Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 17. The Ugly Reality • Last Thing On The List • Progressive Enhancement Turns to Graceful Degradation • Time Constraints • No User Testing Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 18. Its Up To You • Get in the Routine • Advocate • Care • Opera Web Standards Curriculum Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 19. Questions? Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 20. Thank You Nick DeNardis http://nickdenardis.com @nickdenardis Saturday, March 7, 2009
- 21. Links • http://validator.w3.org/ • http://section508.gov/ • http://jquery.com/ • http://tinyurl.com/ietester • http://opera.com/company/education/ curriculum/ • http://www.cynthiasays.com/ Saturday, March 7, 2009
Editor's Notes
- W3C controlled standard the browser developers work off to display web pages
- Don’t hack it up, headers, blockquotes, paragraphs, alt tags
- Executing Plans Don’t Go as Planned