Web Design Curriculum and Syllabus Based on Web Design Practice and Students’ Prior Knowledge

Condition of Web Accessibility in Practice and Suggestions for Its Improvement

“…Table 1 proves the low accessibility of websites in practice, since it shows that 84% of websites are completely inaccessible to disabled people. In comparison to the results of the test performed in (Krunic et al, 2006), the accessibility situation obtained herein is even worse. This fact agrees with our conclusion that the number of accessible websites decreases with every additional web page tested.…”

“…The goal of this paper is to find out if web accessibility is respected in practice, or not. A short web accessibility analysis previously presented in (Krunic, Ruzic-Dimitrijevic, Petrovic, & Farkas, 2006) was disappointing. Namely, the accessibility of 50 arbitrarily chosen websites around the world was tested by using WebEXACT, the free online service for testing accessibility of web content (http://webxact.watchfire.com/).…”

Online Privacy Analysis and Hints for Its Improvement

“…Also we have included in the syllabus a subject that involves teaching usability, accessibility, privacy etc. As said in Krunic et al (2006) students have a low prior knowledge about the importance of those issues. Web designers should learn how to write a privacy policy and acquire knowledge about P3P.…”

“…These investigations indicated that companies are more familiar with user tracking and data collecting than with user privacy supporting. Namely, in Krunic, Ruzic-Dimitrijevic, Petrovic, and Farkas (2006) we used the free tool for online privacy checking for testing 50 arbitrarily chosen websites worldwide, and concluded that 32% of the checked websites were implementing some sort of user tracking or data collecting, while only 8% were using P3P. Since the checked websites were chosen from different countries, they were written in different languages, so no investigation about privacy polices was made.…”