Information concerning barrier/free access of this website

What does barrier free Internet access mean?

Simon Dorner, Webdesigner from Vienna, sums up barrier free Internet access as follows.

• Barrier free Internet access encompasses all users in all situations at all end devices with all programs.
• This is achieved by clear structuring of the pages for the computer. Correctly employed markings provide information as to what the various elements means for the Internet pages. This is the only way for the screen readers to correctly issue the pages.
• Barrier free web design, overall, provides better search results in the search engines ”which, as a side product, also draws more visitors to the site ” smaller file sizes, shorter load times, flexible design independent of media. .

If you wish to read up more in depth on the topic:

• KfbI e. V. – Kompetenz für barrierefreies Internet
  www.kfbi.de
• Die WCAG (Web Content Accessibitity Guidelines - englisch):
  http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT
• Die BITV – Barrierefreie Informations-Technik Verordnung in voller Länge:
  http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bitv/index.html
• Wikipedia Informationen zur Barrierefreiheit im Internet:
  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Barrierefreiheit
• Heise online vom 18.12.2002:
  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/33174