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Article: New Software Simplifies Building Accessible and Usable Websites; Nielsen Norman Group and UsableNet Collaborate on Development.
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- September 9, 2002
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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2002
According to a recent HTML Writers Guild survey (July 2002), nearly 50% of web developers consider website accessibility for people with disabilities an absolute requirement. Still, websites today are three times harder to use for users with disabilities than for other users according to test data from Nielsen Norman Group ("Beyond ALT Text" 2001). Nielsen Norman Group and UsableNet expect to remedy this imbalance with the introduction of new software that automates website usability and accessibility testing and repair. The software, entitled "LIFT-Nielsen Norman ...