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Design and Accessibility: Part II
Content, Structure, Presentation and Low-Vision Readers
In the first article in this Design and Accessibility series, Linda illustrated the importance of HTML and XHTML validation, the difference between the two documents, the importance of and the proper use of the DOCTYPE element in Website design, and the difference between usability and accessibility. That was quite a bit of information – but, there’s more...
In this article, you can learn about separation anxiety, or the definitions of content, structure, and presentation, and whether content can be separated from structure or even from presentation in Websites designs. This debate sparked the “separation anxiety” issue and Linda will add her own theory to this discussion. In addition, she’ll use the Opera browser to support her viewpoint and to illustrate how low-vision readers might visualize two sites which she used in the previous article – Montrose Citizens for Responsible Growth and Target.
Linda Goin
Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.
Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.