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I'm not sure if this will add to the resources you've already consulted, but I would think about it this way: HTML is a means to describe the structure and content of a document within a web browser. Your document is broken up into various sections and subsections, so you use tags that indicate structure (H1, H2, H3). Your document has content that you want to cite, so you use the "cite" tag, you want to emphasize a point, so you use "em". Perhaps the above sounds obvious, but most web developers take a different approach: They know they want the page to look a particular way, so they use the tags (and css) to "force" the look they desire. Whether or not this actually has anything to do with the structure and content of the document is irrelevant to them. I guess what I'm saying is use the structure and intelligence built within HTML to _describe_ the content of your document to the greatest extent possible (If it's the case that your users are blind, the look won't mean anything to them anyway). Now, if HTMLs (and CSSs different media types) vocabulary isn't enough for you to describe your document, think about moving to XML and XSL. p.s. Also, if your users are blind, think in terms of if you closed your eyes and someone had to describe the structure and content to you - would your page make sense? Good luck! - Jeff =================================================== Jeff Rankin jrankin(at)jeffr.net http://www.jeffr.net/ Be Valid To Be Cool =================================================== On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Freda Lockert wrote: > Hello > > Apologies if this should be sent to Basics list instead. > > I'll soon be producing a site for a friend to help publicise a book > she's written and need all the advice I can get on designing for > maximum accessibility. I've read all the W3C stuff and some of the > linked sites, about Bobby and read up on designing for the colour > blind; but I really need some 'been there done that' tips from the > experts, please, any 'wrinkles' you can pass on. The site needs to be > as accessible as possible to the broadest range of disabilities > possible (first), but needs to be as visually appealing as possible > too (a close second). > > Any and all advice will be very welcome. > > Thanks in advance. > > Freda > > -- > Spaceship Earth: The problem for the passengers is that there is no > manual to identify all the parts, and no instructions for the > passengers on how to operate the spaceship. - Richard Buckminster > Fuller. >
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