A guide to creating design alternatives for the Web, this text presents step-by-step solutions to improving the appearance of a site for all levels of viewer. The CD-ROM contains turotial files, site-enhancing software, and demonstrations of alternative browsers for readers to test their site.
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Every Web designer should read this eye-opener because it deals with accessibility considerations that other books don't. Crystal Waters applies Universal Design principles--designing to be useful to the greatest possible number of users--to the Web. Her examination encourages consideration of whether sites are usable, for example, by people with disabilities (one in five Americans have one) or environmental restrictions. Is an audio-rich site worthwhile to a hearing impaired user, or to a user who must maintain a quiet area? She provides examples and alternatives showing how to widen the reach of a site without losing excitement. The companion CD-ROM includes an array of useful design tools.
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This book is the resource to creating design alternatives for the Web. Using demonstrations, step-by-step exercises, and site examples, users will learn how to reach more viewers, improve the appearance of their sites, and enhance their own marketability. - Teaches design techniques and alternatives that will keep viewers returning to a site
- Expands design skills through hands-on instructions on implementing design efficiency
- CD-ROM is loaded with tutorial files, conversion and compression software, accessibility software, site-enhancing software, and many other Web design utilities
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Would be a good college textbook, say for Web Design 101.,
By Chris d'Aquin (Buena Vista, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Universal Web Design (Paperback)
The author does a good job of outlining several "problems" that should be considered when designing a web site. It assumes a basic understanding of HTML, but that is it. If you are preparing to create your first complete web site, this book will be very helpful. If you are a more accomplished web designer, this book will be a good reminder, at best, of what to do (and not do). The book offers a thorough list of items that are basic to all web sites -- hence the title "Universal Web Design." Among the items covered are making sure all the links work, testing the site on a variety of platforms and browsers, minimizing file sizes for graphics and other goodies, and keeping your audience in mind. The author lists numerous ways (and web sites) for you to use in checking your site. The CD is full of utilities, but I couldn't get mine to work correctly on Windows 95. There are also plenty of visual samples of what works and what doesn't work in designing your web site, which are very nice. However, the vast majority are black and white, which causes some problems when the author refers to the colors in the example. Several times throughout the book she reminds the reader to keep websurfers with visual disabilities in mind as they create pages. At times these constant reminders became annoying.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Issues you might not think about otherwise,
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This review is from: Universal Web Design (Paperback)
I found this book very helpful in raising my awareness of accessibility issues. Someone who has been online for years may not find the information new, but anyone who is fairly new to designing web pages will be glad that they read this book. Creating accessible web pages is becoming a necessity, not an afterthought, as disabled persons' organizations are moving toward approaching the issue from a legal standpoint.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to read and understand,
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This review is from: Universal Web Design (Paperback)
Teaches you on how to design web pages for the world market. How to make you web page flexible and manageable.
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