[Project Web Design #7] Web Accessibility

According toTim Berners-Lee (W3C Director), accessibility means “access by everyone, regardless of disability”.

Accessibility is important to a web site because of following reasons:

• Increase Market Share and Audience Reach: every uses including physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities, constraints and/or technological barrier can access the information -> the potential type/number of audience may increase
• improve Efficiency: it improve the maintainability and efficiency (reduce site maintenance, search engine improvements, re-purposing content, address server-load/bandwidth)
• Demonstrate Social Responsibility: provide equal access and opportunity to every one