Include things like age, job responsibilities, software, hardware, environment (for example, home, shared office, private office, shared public terminal), computer experience, and Web experience. User characteristics can also include type of disability, adaptive strategies used, and experience with specific assistive technologies
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A Framework for Accessible and Usable Web Applications
Lourdes Moreno (Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain), Elena Castro (Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain), Dolores Cuadra (Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain), and Paloma Martinez (Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-857-4.ch025
Abstract
Internet growth makes use feasible by an increased number of people around the world. For this reason, several approaches must be taken in order to get a universal access for all kinds of users, independent of their capabilities. Nowadays, it is difficult for disabledd people to use the Web in the same way as non-disabledd people, even though the use of this technology is a right for everybody and more in the public administration scope in which, a lot of services must be available for users and on a correct way.