www.i-coin.net - i-COIN, a project where the citizen gets the opportunity to influence the new e-government/e-services solutions. Part financed by EU (European Union) and BSR (Baltic Sea Region INTERREG III B).
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Solutions and results
Access to the theme accessibility was harder than we initially thought. We had to recognize that accessibility affects many issues and that there is no standardized definition of website accessibility and usability you can follow.
 
In the end website accessibility always is project-oriented. So there is no standard solution merely guidelines. In the accessibility and usability guide we tried to explain these problems and to describe the various subject areas in a substantive context.
 
Website accessibility is a legal term that includes specific rules how an accessible website should be structured. Furthermore it is a technical term which is associated to accessible design techniques.
 
When designing the website of the ProArbeit in accordance with the guidelines for accessibility and usability, it was quite difficult to leave the traditional website structure behind and to switch to a structure purely based on the design principles of user-friendliness.
Updated: 2008-04-10