The Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) have written a set of guidelines (WCAG) for designing websites so that they not only display correctly on a normal web browser, but they also display correctly on specialist web browsers designed for the disabled and so that they can also be easily understood by screen readers that describe your website to blind and visually impaired visitors.

These guidelines are very easy to implement which is why we use them as standard on all of our websites. It is shocking that most of our competitors are either completely unaware of these professional standards, or just choose not to implement them for their clients.

You should also be aware that under the Disability Discrimination Act, commercial websites should comply with the WCAG standards. The Disability Rights Commission is starting to crack down on non-compliant companies with threats of legal action if they do not change their websites. In the US and Australia, companies have been successfully sued under similar legislation.

Only by choosing OpenGlobal can you be assured that your website complies with these legal requirements.