MAKING
ACCESSIBILITY
Sexy Christian Heilmann
Dan Rubin
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
So, what does
Accessibility
really mean?
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Hard-core
testing of
your systems.
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Building
better systems
for everyone.
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Allowing your
site or app to
roam freely.
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- Examples: the speaker, the remote control, lower curbs, wheelchair
accessible buses working for buggies.

MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Accessibility
Myths
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
“Accessibility
is for the blind
or disabled.”
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
“Accessibility
means plain
and boring.”
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
(this isn’t what it means)
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
“Accessibility
takes too
much time.”
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
No it doesn’t.
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Designer
Examples
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+ Easy YouTube
+ Easy YouTube redesigned (restyled?)
+ Styled vs. unstyled video player (Yahoo)
+ Commodor 64 images

MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Making
YouTube
Accessible
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+ Easy YouTube
+ Easy YouTube redesigned (restyled?)
+ Styled vs. unstyled video player (Yahoo)
+ Commodor 64 images

MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Easy YouTube Player
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Five minutes
and some
CSS later…
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Easy YouTube Player Alt Styles
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Yahoo’s
video player
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Yahoo’s video player
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Yahoo’s video player (un-styled)
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Commodore 64
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Commodore 64
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Commodore 64
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Commodore 64
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Commodore 64
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
This is pretty
easy stuff.
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Your life will
be easier
(probably).
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Making the
Business Case
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
More users
equals more
customers
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Helps create
goodwill for
your brand.
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Less chance
of future
legal action.
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Resources
& Links
de.licio.us:
wjs08accessibility
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MAKING ACCESSIBILITY SEXY WJS2008
Thanks!
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