Advances in universal web design and evaluation research, trends and opportunities
Title:
Advances in universal web design and evaluation research, trends and opportunities
Author:
Kurniawan, Sri, 1970-
ISBN:
9781599040981
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xi, 304 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Web accessibility and the needs of users with disabilities / Aspasia Dellaporta -- 2. Failing the disabled community : the continuing problem of Web accessibility / David Kreps, Alison Adam -- 3. Designing children's multimedia / Bridget Patel -- 4. Bonded design : a methodology for designing with children / Andrew Large, Valerie Nesset, Jamshid Beheshti, Leanne Bowler -- 5. Ageing and its implications for elderly Web experience / Syariffanor Hisham, Alistair D.N. Edwards -- 6. Gender issues in HCI design for Web access / Stefania Boiano, Ann Borda, Jonathan P. Bowen, Xristine Faulkner, Giuliano Gaia, Sarah McDaid -- 7. Interpreting the female user : how Web designers conceptualise development of commercial WWW sites to satisfy specific niche markets / Noemi Maria Sadowska -- 8. From computer-mediated colonization to culturally aware ICT usage and design / Charles Ess -- 9. A case study : creating and designing a bilingual resource Web site for Somali immigrants / Sauman Chu, Mauricio Arango, Charles Earl Love Yust -- 10. Web site design for people with dementia / Nada Savitch, Panayiotis Zaphiris -- 11. Comparing comprehension speeds and accuracy of online information in students with and without dyslexia / Sri Kurniawan, Gerard V. Conroy -- 12. Implementing accessible online learning for blind and visually impaired students : a pilot study / Hugh O'Neill, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez, Brendan Tangney.
Abstract:
"This book deals with a significant but often overlooked issue of Web design: universality. As the internet has become more pervasive, information disseminated through the Web grows in an exponential rate; there is a call for more universal design so that more people from different backgrounds are able to access this information"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-096-7