Many of us know Internet users who have disabilities and rely on an adaptive technology system in order to access web pages. Over the last few years the situation has improved considerably in terms of the web compatibility of access technologies such as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative mouse systems. However, the web pages themselves need to be designed with a wide range of users in mind, and authors may also include HTML access features that optimize access to users with disabilities.
One strategy for increasing the accessibility of the
Many of us know Internet users who have disabilities and rely on an adaptive technology system in order to access web pages. Over the last few years the situation has improved considerably in terms of the web compatibility of access technologies such as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative mouse systems. However, the web pages themselves need to be designed with a wide range of users in mind, and authors may also include HTML access features that optimize access to users with disabilities.
One strategy for increasing the accessibility of the
Abstract
This specification defines the HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the publishing language of the World Wide Web. This specification defines HTML 4.01, which is a subversion of HTML 4. In addition to the text, multimedia, and hyperlink features of the previous versions of HTML (HTML 3.2 [HTML32] and HTML 2.0 [RFC1866]), HTML 4 supports more multimedia options, scripting languages, style sheets, better printing facilities, and documents that are more accessible to users with disabilities. HTML 4 also takes great strides towards the