Fronteers Jam Session Talk by Eric Eggert, W3C/WAI. 2014-10-09

1. New Developments in Web
Accessibility
Created by /Eric Eggert @yatil

2. I’m now with the W3C.
That’s the World Wide Web Consortium.

3. „Web Accessibility
Specialist“

5. We’ve got the power!

6. Design Improvements

7. UI Improvements

8. Usability Improvements

9. This makes a huge difference for all users.

10. Accessibility Improvements?

11. Whenever you don’t think
about accessibility, you
actively exclude people.
Please be aware of this.

12. You!… can make a difference.

13. We can help you.

14. We provide resources.

15. A lot of resources.

16. Understanding
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
2.0
& Techniques for WCAG 2.0
Literally hundreds of techniques, for example for HTML,
CSS, JavaScript, …

17. We want to lower barriers to
entry.
For users and developers.

18. working draft
EasyChecks
How to check the website for basic accessibility issues.
w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary

19. editor’s draft
Evaluation Tools List
w3c.github.io/wai-eval-tools

20. draft
How
People with Disabilities
Use the Web
w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web

21. draft
Before and After Demo
(BAD)
w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/

23. draft/editor’s draft
Web Accessibility
Tutorials
Now: Images, Tables
w3.org/WAI/tutorials/
Soon: Page Structure, Forms, Carousels, Menus
w3c.github.io/wai-tutorials/

24. Thank you!
/ /ee@w3.org yatil.net @yatil
w3.org/People/yatil