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Home builders rely on industry building standards. Professional Web designers code using W3C standards. Using industry Web standards allows a Web browser or other user agent to know which 'blueprint' to follow. As long as a developer codes to a set of 'blueprints', browsers and other user agents will know which specifications to follow. The HTML 'Blueprint' - Document Type Definition Building a quality Web site is like building a new home. Home builders rely on industry building standards. A Web site developer codes to W3C standards. Web site owners want to ensure that their Web site is built using industry standards and that it is open to business to everyone. The owner may be able to readily describe what is visible but may not necessarily be able to assess the Web site's structural sufficiency.  
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Accessibility and usability is about making your Web site available and understandable for everyone, including users with disabilities. Web Accessibility Initiative - W3C explains it here. Want to Learn More?... Quality Assurance Audit Training- Who benefits?
- Laws and Policies.
- Why make sites accessible?
- How do people with disabilities access the Web?
- Automated and Human Validation
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Contact SimplyRaydeen for more information or to schedule a training session. Accessible Web Design - Why? "For people without disabilities, technology makes things convenient. For people with disabilities, it makes things possible." Judith Heumann, U.S. Department of Education's
Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitive Services. .............................................................................. Published by: w3schools.com http://www.w3schools.com/Site/site_standards.asp "Accessibility is an important part of the HTML standard. Standards make it easier for people with disabilities to use the Web. Blind people can use computers that read Web pages for them. People with poor sight can rearrange and magnify standard Web pages. Simple Web standards like HTML 4 and CSS, will make your Web pages much easier to understand by special devices like voice browsers, or other unusual output devices." -- w3schools.com Published by: 456Bereastreet.com URL: Click here...the URL is too long to insert here. "Ten reasons to learn and use web standards
If you’re a web developer or designer new to the concept of web standards and are undecided on whether you should spend the time to learn all about them or not, here are some of the most important reasons for doing so. For web professionals who are already using web standards, this list may come in handy when you need good arguments. And feel free to add any additional benefits you can think of. 1. Make yourself look professional 2. Make your clients look good 3. Maximise the number of potential visitors 4. Faster loading and reduced bandwidth usage 5. Provide the foundation for accessibility 6. Improve search engine rankings 7. Make your markup easier to maintain 8. Future-proof content 9. Good business sense 10. It’s the right way to do things" |
