In The News: Website Accessibility: March 2005




"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web


Website accessibility is becoming an increasingly important issue - promoting the rights of the visually and physically diasbled to have the internet equally available to them. In the UK alone, the Disability Discrimination Act has encouraged campaigning organisations like the RNIB to champion good web-design practices aimed at access for all, irrespective of their levels of vision or mobility. Governmental and commercial bodies alike are beginning to respond.

Internationally, major web creation software manufacturers have begun to embrace the concept too. Adobe Systems and Macromedia are in the vanguard.

hostoffice is committed to this principle. We are working ourselves and with clients to achieve high levels accessibility for all our current and future output.

We've recently completed work on two significant web-accessible projects. Merseytrusts and the Liverpool Community Legal Services Partnership - both using the commonly accepted international standard for accessibility - "Bobby".

If you'd like our help and advice on how make your website more accessible - please contact us.