Alt Tags

ALT tag

Definition

HTML tag that provides alternative text when non-textual elements, typically images, cannot be displayed.

Information

ALT Tags are commonly omitted from web pages, from the smallest personal pages to the largest web corporate sites. Yet, if properly used, ALT Tags can be quite useful. Among other things, ALT tags can:

* provide further detail for an image or the destination of a hyperlinked image.

* enable and enhance access for people with various disabilities.

* provide much-needed information for people who surf the Web with graphics turned off, and people who surf the Web with text-only browsers.

* assist in navigation when a graphics-intensive site is being viewed over a slow connection, enabling site visitors to make navigation choices before graphics are fully rendered.

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web design website examples

Continuing with the Accessibility vs Design Blog i thought id have a look at some of the accessibility websites to look at how they get the balance between design and accessibility.

After looking at a number of different examples of different accessibility websites and they seem to prove what i already thought that design and accessibility doesn't seem to mix.

All of the websites I have found seem to have the same simple design examples of which are shown below:

Artifact Refresher

So its been the easter holidays and all everyone has been focusing on is the client project. Now thats all over and done with its time to get bak on with the gud old research project.

looking at the last one i did and the feedback i received from tutors and my peers i had the idea that i would look at design vs accessibility on the web. this however could lead to me opening a can of worms as they say as this is such a huge issue in the web world. this would be a very good issue to look into however i am unsure if it fits into the question

How effective are various accessibility methods and techniques used in WEB site design?

A Blog that maybe useful!

http://fortysevenmedia.com/blog/category/tutorials/