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by Mike Paciello
Paperback - 392 pages 1st edition (October 2000)
CMP Books
ISBN: 1929629087
 Many people, when they even think about accessibility, think they have to provide a (boring) text-only
version of their website. The reality is that a text-only version can actually be considerably less accessible to many people.
Mike Paciello does a great job in this book by beginning to explain what kinds of disabilities exist and how they impact using the web.
The secret of accessible web design is to make a single version that is accessible to everyone. The author, founder and CTO of WebABLE,
and one of the forces behind the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative
(WAI) gives a useful overview of accessibility standards and legal requirements in many countries.
He explains the various techniques to make pages accessible, and how various software supports this, as well as the tools and techniques
available to disabled Web users.
You should be aware, though, that this book came out in 2000 and the product reviews were out of date even then. For example,
HomeSite Version 3.01 is discussed in the book, but by the time of publication version 4.01 was out and widely used, with extensive support
for accessibility features of HTML which version 3.01 didn't have (I should know, I wrote much of that :)).
An excellent book that will give you great insight and practical advice, but it's time for a 2nd edition.
Get it!
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Not yet published - but you can pre-order it.
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