Accessibility, when related to the World Wide Web, means that people with disabilities, or any sort of physical or cognitive difficulties, can use the Web. As a result, accessibility is not focusing only on the disabled, but those who may face changing abilities due to aging. Accessibility is one of the most misunderstood terms of correct web design – rare are the cases where web professionals take accessibility under consideration when designing a website.
At Zefxis, we believe differently. We wish for our work to be accessible by everyone, regardless of their age or mental/physical abilities.
An older person will access and browse a website in a different way than a younger one. Devices with which people access the Web, are also wildly different from one another; it can be a compatible browser, or a new, experimental PDA. It could also be a Braille-outputting machine. Finally, not all of us have the same level of physical abilities. People may be limited in their visual (myopia, partial or total blindness, color vision disorders, etc), hearing (partial or total deafness), motor or cognitive capability.
If the website is designed correctly and its webpages are accessible by all, issues like the above can be handled very effectively. The best way of doing this, is by closely following Web Standards and guidelines.
At Zefxis we care a lot about accessibility and want our websites to be accessible by all. We do not wish to restrict access to anyone, whether they are disabled or not, young or old. Experience has taught us that effortless access to a website by potential visitors can only bring benefits, both to the website owners and to us. In other words: Our websites are some of the few in Greece that are accessible by everyone.
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