Accessible Web Design : User Control
User Control
[Please note: This guide is no longer maintained and updated. This version, however, is.]
One measure of accessibility is whether a website allows the user to change its presentation, font-style and sizes, background, text and link colours.
Test your favourite website. Check whether it allows you to do the following :
- change font sizes,
- change fonts and colours,
- apply an alternative style sheets,
Also check if the content still makes sense with images turned off.
Here is how you can do this in your browser :