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Whereas accessibility relates to the technical side of a website, usability relates to the quality of a person's experience when interacting with your website, the efficiency with which that person can accomplish a task, and the satisfaction of the person completing the task.
- Why is usability and accessibility important in website design?
- What is accessibility in web design?
- What are the 4 principles of web accessibility?
- What is the relationship between usability and accessibility and what should it be?
Why is usability and accessibility important in website design?
Combining accessibility standards and usability processes with real people ensures that web design is technically and functionally usable by people with disabilities. This is referred to as usable accessibility or accessible user experience (UX).
What is accessibility in web design?
Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. More specifically, people can: perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web.
What are the 4 principles of web accessibility?
There are four main guiding principles of accessibility upon which WCAG has been built. These four principles are known by the acronym POUR for perceivable, operable, understandable and robust. POUR is a way of approaching web accessibility by breaking it down into these four main aspects.
What is the relationship between usability and accessibility and what should it be?
There is significant overlap between usability and accessibility, and not always a clear distinction between them. Usability is about making products easy to use. Accessibility focuses on designing products so that people with disabilities can use them, making sure there are no barriers preventing equal access.
