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Well…youcanuseacomputer.Andyouhaven’tforgottenaboutyourfriends.Butdon’tgetleftbehindbynewtechnology!;ReadingA;FiveStepsofWebAccessibilityTesting;
Step1Itmaycomeasasurprisethatsometimesinvalidcodeworksaswell.Thecodedoesnotnecessarilyleaveavisiblebug.Itmaybelogicallycorrectbutitswritingstyledoesn’tmeetthestandard.However,validcodetendstobeeasiertomaintainaswellasbeingcompatiblewithmanyothertechnologies.Sofirstofall,inordertoreducepossibleproblemstheinvalidcodecauses,validateyourcode.
Step2Automatedaccessibilitytestingisanimportantstepintheoverallprocess.Whenwritinganarticle,relyonthespellcheckertocatchyourtyposeventhoughyouknowyoustillneedtogothroughandcheckoutthecopyyourselftomakesureyouhavewritten“Dave”andnot“Cave”,forinstance.Automatedtestingfindsmanyproblemswhichcouldeasilybemissedbyreadingthecode.
;Step3Hideyourmouseandnavigateyourwebsiteusingonlyyourkeyboard.Makesureeverylink,button,oranyotherfunctionalityinthepageisaccessibleviathekeyboard.Thisisnecessarybecausenotallpeopleusethemousetobrowsewebsites.
Step4Trytocarryoutoneormoreofthetasksyourwebsitewasbuiltfor.Ifit’sanonlinestore,findaproductandbuyit.Ifit’saninformationalsitethenfindkeyinformation.Remember—thisisthereasonyoubuiltthesiteanditisthereasonyouaremakingitaccessible.
;Step5Webaccessibilityisn’tjustfulfillingasetofrequirementsorvalidatingagainstpredefinedcheckpoints.Italsomeansqualitydesign.Soit’sbesttohaveyoursitecheckedoverbyanexpertinscreenreaderanduserinterfacedesign.Theywillhaveanintimateknowledgeoftheirfunctionsanduse,thefrustrationsofpoorwebsitedesignandsolutionswhicheaseor
eliminatethosefrustrations.
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