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Skip Navigation & Invisible Navigation
Don't make the blind have to listen to your navigation and banner information on every page they visit

Accessible PopUp Menus
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Empty alt tags in Dreamweaver
Note that in Dreamweaver MX, empty alt tags are a built in feature

Set loops and delay in FireWorks and ImageReady; do not allow your animations to loop forever

Style Sheet Switcher
Offer an alternative style sheet to improve readability for people with low vision

Customizing Dreamweaver Accessibility Templates

Accessible Jump Menus
Add a go button to jump menus and remove the onChange event

  

Did you know?

that you should not create text for a link called Click Here?


that XHMTL and HTML 4.01 provide a framework for separating content and design?


that you don't need to use the word link in your links because the reader changes voice to indicate that text is a link?



 

 

 


 
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