ABC News:
The ABC news site has recently been redeveloped by Mike Industries. The site appears as any other news site, but a quick removal of the CSS reveals a well structured XHTML skeleton ideal for screen readers and text browsers. All the images are supplied with alternative text, or use a method of image/text replacement. The news stories on the site have buttons to increase the text size, and navigation using list items.
More information about the release of the site can be found in this report by Mike Davidson. View report.
Canadian election web sites:
An independent, nonpartisan review of Canadian political Web sites shows that all sites tested:
- do not meet Web standards, meaning their underlying code is grammatically incorrect
- probably work correctly in only one browser, Internet Explorer for Windows, even though not all Canadians use that browser
- usually don’t bother identifying the language in which they are written (English or French)
- are somewhat inaccessible to people with disabilities
Joe Clark deconstructs some of these sites discussing the issues they face. You can view the report on Canadian election web sites here.
Disney Store UK:
Andy Clark from was involved in the recent re-design of the Disney Store UK. The site has been designed with accessibility as one of the most paramount features, and has been incredibly successful and well received by experts around the web. The site manages to provide accessibility to all users as well as remaining beautiful.
Andy Clark has provided an in-depth review of the Disney Store UK and information on how aspects were achieved.