DESIGN METHOD ANALYSIS OF WEB INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Gatis Vitols

2010

Abstract

This paper refers to improvement of human-system interaction, more specifically, improving Web information system accessibility for people with disabilities. Besides fast developing Web, the problem of system usability remains live issue. There is a need to improve usability and accessibility of information systems. One part of an active matter is question about how to make Web resource more usable for people with disabilities. Importance of this topic is out of question, because besides wide spread interpretation of human with disability, sometimes it is forgotten that even color blindness is or some aging people have some sort of disability. This paper identifies groups of people with disabilities who use Web information systems and problems that they meet. By analyzing problems that this group of people meet, main categories of needs is brought forward, analyzed and basic solutions for Web developers are discussed.

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in Harvard Style

Vitols G. (2010). DESIGN METHOD ANALYSIS OF WEB INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-08-9, pages 211-214. DOI: 10.5220/0002868702110214


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis10,
author={Gatis Vitols},
title={DESIGN METHOD ANALYSIS OF WEB INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2010},
pages={211-214},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002868702110214},
isbn={978-989-8425-08-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - DESIGN METHOD ANALYSIS OF WEB INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
SN - 978-989-8425-08-9
AU - Vitols G.
PY - 2010
SP - 211
EP - 214
DO - 10.5220/0002868702110214