Universal Design for Web Applications: Web Applications That Reach Everyone Paperback – 28 Nov. 2008

This book is an excellent resource if you wish to learn about the various web standards, why they are so important and how to create standards-based sites. Also, interesting how it links standards-based design to creating sites for mobiles, drawing out the accessibility related issues common to both.

Universal Design for Web Applications: Web Applications That Reach Everyone  covers all of the latest techniques and related standards for designing universally accessible websites. The text gives a very broad and complete overview with references for taking a deeper dive into any particular area. Up-to-date coverage mentions AJAX, RIA(rich internet applications), SilverLight, Flex, and JavaFX but very superficially since the goal of this book is to inform and guide you in creating highly accessible web content. Code snippets displaying XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript help demonstrate the discussed techniques. Topics include: proper use of CSS, semantic HTML, and Javascript; alternate text for images, links, and labels; captioning for audio and video; functional descriptions for images used as buttons; and how to structure menus to allow for proper tabbing and hot-keys. Additional items include coverage of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and comparison to using mobile devices such as phones which produce a very challenging environment for accessible designs. Also included is a list of tools for inspecting, reporting, and evaluating your designs for accessibility. I recommend Universal Design if you're looking for a complete guide to creating very accessible web designs. Keep in mind that in order to take full advantage of the this book you will also need good references for whatever tools/languages you are using to design/create your website such as CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, Flex, etc. Universal Design for Web Applications: Web Applications That Reach Everyone

WebアプリをJavaScriptで書いてるプログラマが、手軽にアクセシビリティの問題を勉強するのにいい本です。技術的な詳細にまでは触れてないけれど、ページ数を考えれば仕方がない。

This short softcover book is good to learn. But, it is not really 100% informative. If you want to go into depth with web accessibility and other topics, you would have to look at other sources such as other books, online, etc.