25 July 2007
An article has stated that the difference between accessibility and usability is not as clear cut as it should be.
According to the article published on Accessites, people are still having difficulty knowing where accessibility starts and usability finishes. In fact as the article points out it is not just web editors that are unsure of the difference but also experienced developers seem to have their own ideas as to what these two terms mean.
Although there is a very fine line between accessibility and usability, Pedley defines the difference in his report and calls now for everyone to understand the difference “once and for all” so the divide is clear and can be turned into something everyone can learn from.
The full article can be found at http://accessites.org/site/2007/07/web-usability/.
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