Problem: How can Computer Scientists help in the effort to make the Internet accessible to all?

Layout, colour paradigms and character sets

Stakeholders involved Technology involved

Users with a disability, which may be a physical or other impairment 1.1.3 Standard and alternate input devices:

Users without a disability

1.1.3 Standard and alternate output devices:
Web designers

Software development teams 1.3.4 Web design and CSS:

Businesses creating webpages

1.3.4 HTML:

1.2.3 Developing software that provides web browsing assistance:

Moral/social/cultural/ethical/legal issues involved Solutions

The following may need to be addressed when creating webpages…

Ethical aspects to consider: colour-blindness; small/illegible text; poorly structured

webpages; actions needed to browse a webpage

Cultural aspects to consider: alternate language versions of webpages

Moral aspects to consider: websites should not be dependent on bandwidth

connection

Social aspects to consider: the Internet plays a prominent role in our society