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Casual Articles - Using Technologies Wisely To Build More Accessible Websites
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Images, even when not accessible, are a more benevolent alternative to Flash animations.
- Always prefer the use of images instead of Flash animations.
- Keep them small in size to reduce the page load time.
- Always provide the most appropriate alternative texts that better describes the purpose of the image.
Some ways to generally avoid the use of conflictive technologies is to opt for more common or more suppor
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The amount of animation or interactivity will certainly affect the accessibility of the web page given that the technologies used to provide this type of content are usually not supported by user agents or many times not designed for people with disabilities. To consider how many people you could be letting behind I will base my study on the statistics of this site (HTMLQuick.com) which is completely accessible and provides a lot of textual information.
To look at some round numbers I will say that if the content of the site would be completely based on Flash or JavaScript we would be loosing from 1.77% to 4.55% of the visits due only to the lack of technologies, which could be a very large number of visitors if the site is successful. But lets take some considerations based on the most popular and problematic technologies available.
Flash
Flash is a great way to build animations and interactivity but could also be a big accessibility problem. Creating a website completely in Flash could let out a 2.78% of the visitors and make the site completely empty for search engines, which may be your primary inconvenience.
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then try to use it only for animation or providing rich alternative texts. - Avoid building menus in Flash, as user agents not supporting it will not be able to follow their links. - Export the swf files using the lowest version possible. Only a 69.2% of the visitors use the latest version. The rest 29.03% will have to download before playing the movie. - Try to make the movie size as little as possible so people don't get bored waiting for the page to load. There are still an 11.83% of visitors using dial-up connections.
JavaScript
JavaScript has similar issues to Flash. Many user agents won't support it, including search engines robots. A 1.77% of the visitors won't be able to see the information written in JavaScript nor follow the links.
- If possible use it only for not necessary interactivity and functionality.
- Otherwise, provide alternative static content in the "noscript" tag.
- Don't make it necessary to follow a link. Use the "location.href" command as the "onclick" event in a static link ("a" tag).
Frames
Frames are nice, but should be definitively avoided. While most of the user agents support frames, search engines, as well as blind people, could be seriously confused when trying to relate the information contained in the different pages of a frameset.
Images
Images, even when not accessible, are a more benevolent alternative to Flash animations.
- Always prefer the use of images instead of Flash animations.
- Keep them small in size to reduce the page load time.
- Always provide the most appropriate alternative texts that better describes the purpose of the image.
Some ways to generally avoid the use of conflictive technologies is to opt for more common or more suppor
With all the hype, scams and information coming at you everyday, it's so easy to get confused and frustrated with what training courses, self-improvement programs, software, and info-products you need that will work for you. . Information overload is the primary reason for failure on the internet. Most newbies don't have a clue where to start anyway, and they get bombarded training courses, software, and self-help programs that use different approaches and give out conflicting information.One su
To look at some round numbers I will say that if the content of the site would be completely based on Flash or JavaScript we would be loosing from 1.77% to 4.55% of the visits due only to the lack of technologies, which could be a very large number of visitors if the site is successful. But lets take some considerations based on the most popular and problematic technologies available.
Flash
Flash is a great way to build animations and interactivity but could also be a big accessibility problem. Creating a website completely in Flash could let out a 2.78% of the visitors and make the site completely empty for search engines, which may be your primary inconvenience.
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then try to use it only for animation or providing rich alternative texts. - Avoid building menus in Flash, as user agents not supporting it will not be able to follow their links. - Export the swf files using the lowest version possible. Only a 69.2% of the visitors use the latest version. The rest 29.03% will have to download before playing the movie. - Try to make the movie size as little as possible so people don't get bored waiting for the page to load. There are still an 11.83% of visitors using dial-up connections.
JavaScript
JavaScript has similar issues to Flash. Many user agents won't support it, including search engines robots. A 1.77% of the visitors won't be able to see the information written in JavaScript nor follow the links.
- If possible use it only for not necessary interactivity and functionality.
- Otherwise, provide alternative static content in the "noscript" tag.
- Don't make it necessary to follow a link. Use the "location.href" command as the "onclick" event in a static link ("a" tag).
Frames
Frames are nice, but should be definitively avoided. While most of the user agents support frames, search engines, as well as blind people, could be seriously confused when trying to relate the information contained in the different pages of a frameset.
Images
Images, even when not accessible, are a more benevolent alternative to Flash animations.
- Always prefer the use of images instead of Flash animations.
- Keep them small in size to reduce the page load time.
- Always provide the most appropriate alternative texts that better describes the purpose of the image.
Some ways to generally avoid the use of conflictive technologies is to opt for more common or more suppor
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Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then try to use it only for animation or providing rich alternative texts. - Avoid building menus in Flash, as user agents not supporting it will not be able to follow their links. - Export the swf files using the lowest version possible. Only a 69.2% of the visitors use the latest version. The rest 29.03% will have to download before playing the movie. - Try to make the movie size as little as possible so people don't get bored waiting for the page to load. There are still an 11.83% of visitors using dial-up connections.
JavaScript
JavaScript has similar issues to Flash. Many user agents won't support it, including search engines robots. A 1.77% of the visitors won't be able to see the information written in JavaScript nor follow the links.
- If possible use it only for not necessary interactivity and functionality.
- Otherwise, provide alternative static content in the "noscript" tag.
- Don't make it necessary to follow a link. Use the "location.href" command as the "onclick" event in a static link ("a" tag).
Frames
Frames are nice, but should be definitively avoided. While most of the user agents support frames, search engines, as well as blind people, could be seriously confused when trying to relate the information contained in the different pages of a frameset.
Images
Images, even when not accessible, are a more benevolent alternative to Flash animations.
- Always prefer the use of images instead of Flash animations.
- Keep them small in size to reduce the page load time.
- Always provide the most appropriate alternative texts that better describes the purpose of the image.
Some ways to generally avoid the use of conflictive technologies is to opt for more common or more suppor
Branding, branding, branding. About every fifth newsletter or article I see online or in business journals has some spin on branding. How important it is. How it is a piece of intellectual property that must be leveraged and protected. How it must be invested in--this assertion (surprise) is from branding consultants who invite you to hire them to "do" you. I am so tired of hearing about how lofty and complex branding is.This is one of the sacred cows of marketing that needs to be defrocked, at lea
JavaScript
JavaScript has similar issues to Flash. Many user agents won't support it, including search engines robots. A 1.77% of the visitors won't be able to see the information written in JavaScript nor follow the links.
- If possible use it only for not necessary interactivity and functionality.
- Otherwise, provide alternative static content in the "noscript" tag.
- Don't make it necessary to follow a link. Use the "location.href" command as the "onclick" event in a static link ("a" tag).
Frames
Frames are nice, but should be definitively avoided. While most of the user agents support frames, search engines, as well as blind people, could be seriously confused when trying to relate the information contained in the different pages of a frameset.
Images
Images, even when not accessible, are a more benevolent alternative to Flash animations.
- Always prefer the use of images instead of Flash animations.
- Keep them small in size to reduce the page load time.
- Always provide the most appropriate alternative texts that better describes the purpose of the image.
Some ways to generally avoid the use of conflictive technologies is to opt for more common or more suppor
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Images
Images, even when not accessible, are a more benevolent alternative to Flash animations.
- Always prefer the use of images instead of Flash animations.
- Keep them small in size to reduce the page load time.
- Always provide the most appropriate alternative texts that better describes the purpose of the image.
Some ways to generally avoid the use of conflictive technologies is to opt for more common or more supported types of information. One of the best alternatives to set the look of a website is CSS. CSS is specially designed to set presentational attributes. Use it instead of tables to set layouts.
Anyway, some sites will necessary use some or all of these technologies to display their primary content. For example, an e-cards site may need Flash to display the animated and/or interactive cards (primary content). But when the use of these technologies is not a necessity, avoiding their use to provide primary content will be good for your visitors as it will be for you.
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