Web Content Accesibility Guidelines
W3C Standard 6, Guideline 14 - Ensure that documents are clear and simple.
This guideline speaks of keeping simple and consistent pages for its visitors. Simplicity makes for understanding the content better for those who have disabilities or differences. Keeping graphics recognizeable also helps less competent users to get to the parts of the site that they are looking for. And to make sure that all accessibility standards are met, put in text where graphics and auditory content is so all users may understand the content.
Priority 1
- Use the clearest and simplest writing or language that is appropriate for your site's content. This allows for the all users, including people who do not natively speak the sites main language, to roughly navigate the content and sites' pages.
Priority 3's:
- Include text alternatives whereever graphics or auditory presentations are present so all users can understand the content.
- Create a style of presentation that is consistent across all pages. This is a good idea so the users will recognize certain items in the site as something they have seen or used before. It also lets the user know they are still on the same site and have not been redirected else where.
A good example of a site that uses this guideline is Wikipedia.org. The do a great job of keeping their language simple but still presents their content well. They also make sure that every page has a recognizable design so you know you are still at wikipedia.org. To make sure all users can understand the content, they also put text in place of pictures/graphics and auditory content. They did a good job.
