Evaluating Government Website Accessibility: a Comparative Study
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Even though efforts have been made to reduce the informational gap resulting from web inaccessibility, websites from virtually every type of organization have major accessibility problems. This study used an automated software tool to evaluate the accessibility of four Korean government and four U.S. government websites. Results were compared between the Korean and the U.S. government websites and between the websites published in 2004 and 2007. Finally, common web accessibility problems and potential errors from the automated software tool are discussed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008