Lesson 2Why web accessibility matters?
- Notion 8 - Web design and accessibility: how did it start and evolve?
- Notion 9 - The importance of accessibility in the eyes of the law
- Notion 10 - The social and ethical importance of web accessibility
- Notion 11 - Why web accessibility makes good business sense?
- Notion 12 - Case study: company that reaped the benefits of web accessibility.
- Notion 13 - Case studies: cautionary tales of companies that did not design for web accessibility.
- Notion 14 - Review of the main concepts
Notion 8
Web design and accessibility: how did it start and evolve?
Target skills
Analyse the chronological evolution and progression of accessibility on the web.
In this grain we will have a look at the main milestones in the history of digital accessibility.
Please, note, that we approach the evolution of accessibility in general, leaving the legal basis aside (you will learn more about legislation in the next grain).
Also, you will discover all the details of the accessibility guidelines in Lesson 8.
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Evolution of Web Accessibility
- In 1989, British scientist, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW)
- In 1994, Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) with the aim to take the web to its full potential.
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- In 1997, the W3C created the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). WAI was established as an effort to improve the accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities.
- In 1999, WAI released the first version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0). A set of standardized and internationally recognized guidelines to create more accessible content and pages. (A significant advancement in the promotion of accessible web.)
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- In 2008, the WCAG 2.0 standard was released with the objective to address the problems of its predecessor.
- In 2018, Project Silver (codename for WCAG 3.0) was launched and is still in the process of development. It focuses on the integration of accessibility standards for IoT.
- Simultaneously in 2018, WCAG 2.1 was released, providing accessibility guidelines for developing mobile websites.