Accessibility

Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging.

Millions of people have disabilities that affect their use of the Web. Currently most Web sites and Web software have accessibility barriers that make it difficult or impossible for many people with disabilities to use the Web. As more accessible Web sites and software become available, people with disabilities are able to use and contribute to the Web more effectively.

Web accessibility also benefits people without disabilities. For example, a key principle of Web accessibility is designing Web sites and software that are flexible to meet different user needs, preferences, and situations. This flexibility also benefits people without disabilities in certain situations, such as people using a slow Internet connection, people with "temporary disabilities" such as a broken arm, and people with changing abilities due to aging.

VG Media will always ensure that you site is as ‘user friendly’ and easy to navigate as possible, it is vital that potential customers are not alienated as a result of poor accessibility, research shows that 67% of frequent web users chose not to return to sites that were difficult to navigate and use as a result of poor design and build. As part of our consultancy offering VG Media can review your current web presence and make recommendations on aspects of your site that are likely to provide visitors with a negative experience, we can then offer a proposal to improve these identified areas. Please call our technical experts on Tel: +44 (0) 20 7873 2119.