A Study of Universal Design and Web Accessibility of Websites with High Purpose Using of the Internet

摘要

As the Internet has become an essential tool in human life, a need for building accessible web pages is being emphasized. Universal design indicates implementation of products and services that are fair and easy to use, regardless of age or disability. Universal design emphasizing universality, thus, shares common goals with web accessibility, and web pages built with universal design can improve universality. In this paper, we evaluated web accessibility of domestic websites that are highly used in the purpose of using the Internet, identifying whether such pages adopt the principles of the universal design correctly. The results showed that web accessibility gets better each year but universal design principles are not observed in many pages.