Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities (R & D Developer Series) (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"I hope that everyone who is building the Web will read this book and take its lessons to heart." -- Thomas Kalil, Special Assistant for Economic Policy to President Clinton

"Mike Paciello is a world leader in making information accessible and his expertise shines through every page of this book." -- Dr. Charles F. Goldfarb, inventor of SGML and co-author of The XML Handbook

"Provides Web authors with specific instructions for building accessible pages - right down to the HTML code." -- David Cole II, VP, Consumer Windows Division, Microsoft Corporation

Product Description

Key Benefits Comply with all legal mandates and standards Master HTML enhancements for accessibility Employ the best accessibility tools Make your Web site accessible to everyone! This definitive resource provides Internet and Web administrators and devel

Make your Web site accessible to everyone! This definitive resource provides everything you need to understand the laws, the needs of the disabled, and the processes of site evaluation and implementation. Includes development tools and utilities, techniques for adjusting HTML tags, scripts and other code to improve accessibility.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: CMP; 1st edition (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929629087
• ISBN-13: 978-1929629084
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #451,896 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book - product review now out of date, June 1, 2001

By A Customer

The sections on how to make pages accessible appear to be exactly what we need. Just be aware that this book came out in 2000 and the products reviews are way out of date. For example, Dreamweaver Version 2 is discussed in the book and even in 2000 Version 3 was out. Now we have Version 4. Same with Frontpage, HomeSite, etc.

However, what we need is HOW to make the pages accessible and this book appears to cover that well. As long as you don't look at the product section as being the latest information, this book is a good one -- and I think the only one of its kind.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, January 17, 2002

By	"roserockdesign" (Noble, OK United States) - See all my reviews

If you are new to the field of web site accessibility and assistive technologies, you will enjoy this book. It was written to be easily understood. Never fear, you will learn something if you get this book and read it. I use it as a resource....

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accessibility - a "rights" thing to do., November 1, 2000

By	William B. Loughborough (Goldendale, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This exhaustive study of the whys and hows of providing accessibility to the World Wide Web was written by pioneer and major participant in the important effort to make the Web usable by everybody.

Although focusing on issues dealing with access for People With Disabilities, the impact on usability of the Web by everyone is made clear.

The major section outlining the almost certain legal consequences of ignoring these matters is must reading for anyone involved in providing materials on the Web. Remember: PROGRAMMERS ARE CHEAPER THAN LAWYERS!