Changelog for Introduction to Web Accessibility
2024-03Mar-07
- Update some links to use HTTPS
- In “What is Web Accessibility” section, in “More Info on What is Accessibility” box:
- Replaced “see the mobile resource” with “see the archived mobile resource”.
- Replaced “multimedia” with “the multimedia resource”
- Replaced “the archived” with “the archived resource”
- Reordered resources: multimedia resource, then benefits for people with and without disabilities, then mobile resource.
2023-11Nov-20
- In “Examples” section”, update links to “Understanding WCAG 2” pages, to point to WCAG 2.2. versions.
- Use canonical and relative links (when possible):
https://www.w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-and-benefits/
instead ofhttps://www.w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-and-benefits.html
/about/participating/
instead of/get-involved/
/tutorials/
instead ofhttps://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/
/resources/
instead of/Resources/
/courses/foundations-course/
instead ofhttps://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/
- In “For More Information” section, use double brackets around “Digital Accessibility Foundations - Free Online Course”, to automatically use the title of the linked-to resource as link text.
- Update frontmatter for translators.
2022-03Mar-31
At end, added:
**[Digital Accessibility Foundations - Free Online Course](https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/)** provides the foundation you need to make your digital technology accessible.
2021-10Oct-06
- In “What is Web Accessibility” section, in “More Info on What is Accessibility” box:
- Deleted “, with WCAG to support them,”
- Added “the mobile resource”
- Added “multimedia Used by People With and Without Disabilities”
- Content after update:
If you want more examples of benefits for others, see the mobile resource [Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities](/WAI/standards-guidelines/shared-experiences/), multimedia [Used by People With and Without Disabilities](/WAI/media/av/users-orgs/#situations), and the archived [Web Accessibility Benefits People With and Without Disabilities](https://www.w3.org/WAI/business-case/archive/soc#groups).
- In “Accessibility is important for…” section, in “More Info on Accessibility is Important” box:
- Added sub-bullet:
Examples of the benefits of [making audio and video media accessible](/WAI/media/av/) is in the section [Benefits to Organizations](/WAI/media/av/users-orgs/#benefits).
- Added sub-bullet:
2021-05May-07
- In “What is Web Accessibility” section, in “More Info on What is Accessibility” box, changed:
If you want more examples of benefits for others, with WCAG to back it up, see
to:If you want more examples of benefits for others, with WCAG to support them, see
Note: Did not change the last updated date (so that existing translations would not be shown as out of date), because this was a minor clarification edit (that some translations already addressed it). - minor updates to Spanish translation