Website usability and accessibility

saima12776 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-30-2005, 02:41 PM

What are the important factors a developer or e-marketer should focus regarding website usability and accessibility? Can someone give me a list, please. Thanks,

Regards,
Saima

supernatural_247 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-31-2005, 11:35 PM

- use ALT tags
- use CSS over tables if you can
- try to keep links opening in the same window
- make sure you don't have any dead links
- don't use bad color combos such as light text on light or flashy colors
- do a spell check

Narasinha · #3 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saima12776

What are the important factors a developer or e-marketer should focus regarding website usability and accessibility? Can someone give me a list, please. Thanks,

Regards,
Saima

You might try running the site through http://webxact.watchfire.com/ to see what issues it might have.

To quote the site, "WebXACT is a free online service that lets you test single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.

Best Regards,
Narasinha

Webnauts · #4 (**permalink**) 08-17-2005, 11:56 AM

An answer on-the-fly:

Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/

Usability http://usability.gov/guidelines/guidelines_notice.html