Inaccessible vs. Accessible Website

Inaccessible Webpage

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This inaccessible Web page is representative of 98% of websites on the Internet. It uses outdated HTML tags, tables for layout, does not include any descriptive text for graphical menu buttons or images, does not specify DOCTYPE so browsers display it in "quirks" mode. This page does not pass W3C validator tests, does not pass any of the three levels of Bobby Accessibility checks, does not use cascading style sheets (CSS).

Fully Accessible Webpage

This page illustrates a fully accessible Web page. Do you notice how similar the pages look? This page separates layout of the document from its presentation by using CSS. It uses additional textual descriptions for each graphical menu button and image. It provides the ability to skip the menu structure and go directly to content. This page validates against XHTML 1.0 W3C standard and achieves highest level, AAA, accessibility validation on Bobby.