When I read about this new creation from Google I had to tell the world. For those of us fighting the good fight, trying to make the web available to as many people as possible, this is a huge step forward. You can test it for yourself at http://labs.google.com/accessible/

The project is being head up by a blind researcher which lost his vision from glaucoma as a kid. It is easy look over the fact that nearly 8 million online users in the US alone are visually impared, and that number goes up as the web becomes available to more people. Can your business afford to turn away 8 million visitors? It could be the difference between sinking or swimming.

‘corePHP’ is dedicated to the education and development of a more accessible web. We have information on the site on how to build better sites, as well as documentation, extensions and files to download for members in order to help learn how to make your pages more accessible to all people.

You can read more on the Google Accessible Search Engine at http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=44748

In the last year there have been major changes in tableless design and accessibility. With the recent laws being passed requiring websites to be accessible and lawsuits being filed against current sites, developers now know their world will never be the same again. It’s becoming a case of get up to speed or get out of the race. This race toward understanding these new technologies has created a lot of misunderstanding about the terms accessible, tableless and valid xhtml+css.

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