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Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Paul McFedries
January 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
848 pages
18h 2m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Making a Web App Accessible

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding the case for accessibility on the web

Bullet Learning how people with disabilities surf the web

Bullet Structuring your pages for accessibility

Bullet Making images and other web page media accessible

Bullet Choosing accessible colors

Bullet Validating your page accessibility

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

— TIM BERNERS-LEE

If you’re lucky enough to have good eyesight, adequate hearing, decent motor skills, and a brain that does its job well (most of the time, anyway), it’s easy to lull yourself into thinking that everyone who visits your web app will have had the same luck in life. Falling into that trap means you’ll build your app thinking that if it looks good and works well for you, it will also look good and work well for all your visitors.

In this chapter, I explain ...

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