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Inter-device Web Accessibility

Steven Weerdenburg Email

Thesis Statement

Thesis

With web technologies evolving to allow more creative and striking web displays on computers, many developers are failing to accommodate other devices such as cell phones or PDAs, bringing a need for a more inclusive accessibility assessment to avoid alienating functionality and navigation from all users.

Keywords

Accessibility, Evaluation, Education, Section 508, people with disabilities, guidelines, methodologies, metadata, contextual design, automated usability evaluation, design guidelines, empirical studies, usability, web site design, ATAG, UAAG, W3C, WAI, WCAG, World Wide Web, Internet, ageing, disability, impairment, older people, usability, device-tailored evaluations, mobile web, web device, disability rights

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