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The Web is for Everybody!
- Regardless of language, culture, geographical location
- the majority of Web users are not English speakers
- it is not only an issue of character sets...
- directions of writing, ...
- format of dates, phone numbers, ZIP codes, numbered items, ...
- different keyboard types, ...
- Regardless of user capabilities
- color or total blindness, ...
- difficulties with a keyboard, mouse (eg, RSI problems), ...
- dyslexia, cognitive or neurological difficulties, ...
- Regardless of device types and capabilities
- PC-s, phones, TV-s, PDA-s, ...
- low bandwidth, small B/W screen, no sound, no screen, ...
| Ivan Herman, W3C Head of Offices | Brussels, 24 June, 2003 | 17 (23) |