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As I mentioned earlier, Target was going to get sued for not having an accessible website. As it turns out, they settled for $6 million.

I don’t like fearmongering to line web professionals’ pockets. But this is opening up a serious need to ensure that your website is accessible. I believe that we all have a moral responsibility to be handicap accessible in the first place, so this is a great first step!

If you’re still not quite sure what the true impact of accessibility is, I recommend this video from University of Wisconsin-Madison about screen readers. It’ll change the way that you look at web accessibility.

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Most web designers and web developers ignore accessibility. Now that Target is being sued for not having an accessible web site, the bar is going to be raised for your own site as well. Yes, this is yet another thing to worry about. And no, you should not half-ass it.

If you cater to those with visual impairments, then you will also reap benefits from the world’s most famous blind user: Google. I kid you not.

HTML, the document format of web pages, was designed to be consumed by those with vision impairments, not just by those of us with good eyesight. Once again, everyone has gotten lazy and hasn’t learned how to truly use HTML for this purpose. I’m going to point out a few things that should be done to help improve your site’s accessibility. Read the rest of this entry »

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