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Making Your Website Senior Friendly. This site provides a desription
of many research-based features that should be implemented on a Web site to
make it easier for those whose sight is not what it may have been at age 55
to use the site. (Added April 12, 2004)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/staffpubs/od/ocpl/agingchecklist.html
Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools: Overview (2006). From the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3). Reliable information from the best source. (Added
April 12, 2004)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/
WebXACT. A free online service that lets you test single pages
of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues. This is just
one of many - use the term "website checking accessibility" in a search
engine to find more. Mentioning here does not mean endorsement! (Added
April 12, 2004)
http://webxact.watchfire.com/
Priester, G. W. (2000). All You Need to Know About Web Safe
Colors. The title of this page might more accurately read more than you
need to know. You can skim parts, but parts may be helpful.
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/websafe1/websafe_colors.html
This site presents good information about the use of color. You
might call it "everything you wanted to know about color and then some."
Is fun and informative.
http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html
Hexadecimal Color Codes. Also contains a list of Web Safe colors
and their codes.
http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html
The Power of Color. A discussion of how color works, and suggestions
about how to obtain pleasing colors. (Added December
29, 2004)
http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdpal3.htm
FTP Explorer. Unless the program you use to create a Web page
provided the capability of transferring files to a server, generally done with
the file transfer protocol (FTP), this free program will be very useful. (Added
September 1, 2004)
http://www.ftpx.com/
How Web Servers Work. This is an easily understood explanation
from the folks who provide us with many technical definitions. (Added
November 5, 2004).
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2003/HowWebServersWork.asp
This site provides some excellent tutorials on HTML starting with
explaining what it is through using Java script. Helpful for beginners and intermediate
web page creators.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/
A complete online book (you can also purchase this as a book)
"Web Style Guide." This book is an offshoot of this web site maintained
by the Yale University's Center for Advanced Media Instruction. Well worth a
visit or many. Covers all aspects of creating a Web site.
http://www.webstyleguide.com/
ABCs of Building a Web Site. Another good site for learning to
build a Web site. Covers different material than the "Web Style Guide"
above and uses a different approach. Between these two, you should gain considerable
knowledge.
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/abcs_of_building_web_sites.html
Called "Ponytails: The Creative Side of Web Development"
this site contains tutorials on many different products used to add pizzaz (and
download time) to a Web site including Flash, Photoshop and all types of graphics.
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/hubs/ponyhub.html
Using graphics. Need an explanation of antialiasing and transparency?
Spend five minutes at this site. It also has a great glossary of the terms used
in web graphics.
http://www.lunaloca.com/tutorials/antialiasing/
This site, a definition in the PCWebopedia not only defines some
graphics file formats, but when you scroll down the page, has many links to
helpful information on using graphics on the Web. An excellent resource if you
plan to use graphics.
http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/g/graphics_file_format.html
Optimizing web graphics. This site contains an online
tool to reduce the size of both gif and jpeg files and information on the use
of color in web pages. Is a link from the PC Webopedia site, a must visit if
you care about the user's time.
http://www.webreference.com/dev/graphics/
Helpful information including a readability formula may also be found under evaluating Web sites.
Tizag tutorials. A complete set of online tutorials from
beginner to web host guide including information on creating cascading style
sheets. Provides interactivity in learning by allowing learner to type into
the tutorial and see results. Well thought out and helpful site. (Added
March 19, 2004)
http://www.tizag.com/
(See also ergonomics in Chapter 19)
Berliss, J., Kraus, L. & Stoddard S. (1996). Design of Accessible
Web Pages. One of the first guidelines to address this issue, it still is very
helpful.
http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/guidelines96.html
Chong, C. (1998).Design Of Accessible Web Pages. An update to
the Berliss, Kraus and Stoddard paper that contains information on the accessibility
of recent additions to HTML, such as frames, tables, plug-ins and applets.
http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/guidelines98.html
Distance Learning Clearinghouse, focus Accessibility. Links to
items such as introduction to the screen reader and the center for accessible
media.
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
Introduction to Web Accessibility. A white paper that describes
how people with disabilities use the Internet, and how their disability affects
their use of the Internet. Visual impairments, hearing impairments, mobility
impairments, cognitive impairments and seizure disorders are explored. This
is an excellent site for an overview of this topic.
http://www.webaim.org/intro/
You've seen above why designing for Web accessibility is a good
idea. This site provides the how-to's in very understandable format. In the
format of a checklist in which each point links to suggestions for implementation.
http://www-3.ibm.com/able/accessweb.html
Checking how your page will render in the text only browser, Lynx.
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
This Site will check one web page for quality, accessibility,
and privacy issues and present you with a report of any difficulties.
http://webxact.watchfire.com/
Alternative Web Browsing. This site presents information about
many different browsers available to help the physically challenged (vision,
hearing and physical) access the Web. Also included is information about how
to make regular browsers more compatible for use by the physically challenged.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing
One cannot control the sites to which one links. Nothing is permanent
on the Web. Download a free tool to check your site for broken links. Although
very simple to install and use, link to the manual.
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites. Provides links to more
help. (Added January 5, 2006)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/Overview.php
eHealth FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions. Includes description
of eHealth and why it is important.
http://www.rx2000.org/ehealth/ehfaq.htm
e-Health Code of Ethics. From the Internet Healthcare Coalition.
http://www.ihealthcoalition.org/ethics/ehcode.html
e-Health Initiative. This site provides information about the
Work of the e-Health Initiative's Public-Private Sector Collaboration for Public
Health. Provides links to drafts of guidelines.
http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/
E-Health: Navigating The Internet For Health Information. An excellent
white paper about eHealth. A PDF File.
http://www.himss.org/content/files/whitepapers/e-health.pdf
eEurope Health Online. Scroll down this page for target actions.
Explore the link to Best practices for some ongoing telehealth projects.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/ehealth/index_en.htm
eRisk Working Group on Healthcare's Guidelines for Online Communications
(2002). From the Medem Site, (http://www.medem.com/)
the patient-physician communications network. Covers ordinary and fee-based
email communication.
http://www.medem.com/corporate/corporate_Addendum_A_eRiskGuidelines.cfm#medem_erisk
International Society for Mental Health Online. The home page of this group.
Follow the links in the left hand green column especially the Clinical Case
Study group under Projects. Under White Papers and resources is a link to Myths
and Realities of Clinical Work which pertains to the use of the Internet in
Therapy, and a list of abstracted articles.
http://www.ismho.org/
Guidelines for the Clinical Use of Electronic Mail with Patients. Includes
AMA Guidelines. (Added January 5, 2006)
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2386.html
Journal of Internet Medical Research. Started in 1999, this journal
is an international scientific peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of research,
information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related
technologies; a broad field, which is nowadays called "eHealth"
http://www.jmir.org/
Metanoia. A Web site that offers a chance to talk with a therapist online,
hints for choosing an online therapist, and help if you feel suicidal.
http://www.metanoia.org/
Bandaids and Blackboards. A Web site for chronic ill children
and their parents. Created and maintained by Joan Fleitas.
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/
Detecting Vision Problems in Preschoolers. Although not created
by a nurse, this site is an excellent example of information that can help a
group that could otherwise be missed,
http://lazyeyetest.org/
Checklist that allows users to score a site. A pdf file. (Added
September 19, 2007)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/mlaguide/free/webeval.pdf
Health-Related Web Site Evaluation Form. (Added
September 19, 2007)
http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/instrument.html
MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing. Lists criteria, but
adds a discussion about each point. (Added September
19, 2007)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthywebsurfing.html
Web site Evaluation Grid. A simple checklist. (Added
September 19, 2007)
http://www.bettycjung.net/Wseval.htm
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section. This is not a
tool, but discusses some of the points to use in evaluating. It also links to
sites that the Medical Library Association has vetted and approved. (Added
September 19, 2007)
http://caphis.mlanet.org/resources/findingitontheweb.html
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
this site allows searching for any conditions. Results have been vetted. (Added
September 19, 2007)
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Finding Health Information on the Web. This site has information
about finding information as well as guides to sources. (Added
September 19, 2007)
http://www.healthysf.org/searching.html
Karolinska Institute Library: Diseases, Disorders and Related
Topics. A search tool for Web information on many conditions. Search is not
always specific, you may have to scroll down the findings and select the overall
topic. Still the information you eventually find is good.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/
OMNI. A quality Web searcher for medical conditions. from the
U.K.
http://omni.ac.uk/
Physician's Data Query (PDQ®
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/pdq/
Look here for definitive information on what an intranet is, what you need
to operate one, how they compare to groupware and email among other topics.
http://www.intranetjournal.com/ifaq1.html
American Health Information Managment Association page on understanding and
managing your personal health information. Provides step by step instructions
to creating a personal health record. (Added October
2, 2007)
http://www.myphr.com/your_record/guide.asp
Articles discussing Personal Health Records. Not only provides articles, but
links to sites that offer consumers a chance to create, review, annotate, or
maintain a record of any aspect(s) of their health condition. (Added
May 7, 2005)
http://www.informatics-review.com/records.html
Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, MN provides parents a way
to record pertinent medical information. It is then easily available to the
parent. The information is entered on a secure site. (Added
December 30, 2003)
http://www.childrenshc.org/cmo/
Google vs. Microsoft in personal healthcare records. Discussion of the approaches
of both of these giants in providing online access to one's healthcare information.
(Added September 1, 2007)
http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/14/google-vs-microsoft-in-healthcare-records/
HealthAtoZ. Users can record their personal health history in a secure location.
Links to vetted health sites that are personalized to user's condition are provided.
(Added May 7, 2005)
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/default.jsp
Personal Health Records and Personal Health Records Systems. A Report Recommendation
from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. (PDF
File) (Added October 23, 2006)
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/0602nhiirpt.pdf
WebMD. This site offers users a chance to record their health history online
in a secure location. There is a free 6 month trial period. Links to vetted
health sites that are personalized to user's condition are provided. (Added
May 7, 2005)
https://healthmanager.webmd.com/manager/default.aspx?secure=1
Click-N-Type virtual keyboard. An on-screen virtual keyboard designed
for anyone with a disability that prevents typing on a physical computer keyboard.
As long as the person can control a mouse, trackball or other pointing device,
he or she can send keystrokes to virtually any Windows application or DOS application
that can run within a window. From the Web site "Oh yes, it's FREE. If
you need it, you can have it." (Added April 13,
2005)
http://www.lakefolks.org/cnt/
EKEG Electronics, LTD. Expanded keyboards for the Disabled. These
keyboards require no special boards. To install just plug in like a regular
keyboard. They are not membrane keyboards and have been designed specifically
for motor impaired persons. The keyboards are flat, smooth and have a clear
Mylar cover. They are waterproof, have no holes to trap saliva or foreign material
and can easily be wiped off. A socket is provided to allow amplification of
the audible signal for noisy environments or for the hearing impaired.
http://www.ekegelectronics.com/
Neural Interfacing. This is a technique that permits electric
signals from the body to be used to control a cursor or electronic devices attached
to the computer. Although, still in it's infancy, these techniques will yield
products useful for the physically challenged. This site presents an overview
of the process and links to sources for products that have been developed.
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/reference/tech/neuralinterface.html
Resizing browser text with IE. Applying this information allows
a user to specify a given size for the text over riding the Web page design.
Useful for those with sight difficulties. (Added December
23, 2004)
http://www.webteacher.ws/2002/08/tip-resizing-text-on-windows-with.html
Second Guess Software. They design and sell communication programs
("on screen keyboards") for disabled persons, with a special emphasis
on people suffering from MS, muscular dystrophy and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
http://www.secondguess.dk/english.html
Telecommunications Relay Service. This is a service that provides
help for those with hearing and/or speech impairments in using the telephone.
http://www.adata.org/telco.html
Natural Reader. This software comes in three versions: a free
version which only used a computer voice, a $40 version with one natural voice,
and an enterprise version with many other extras. (Added
Masrch 27, 2007)
http://www.naturalreaders.com/
Read Please. Another text to speech software package. Had a free
version with 3 Microsoft voices and a plus version for $60 with many more features.
(Added March 27, 2007)
http://readplease.com/english/readplease.php
Before even starting to plan a Web site, visit this site by the
noted Web usability guru, Jacob Nielsen. You will find many suggestions to make
your site more user friendly. Visit the Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2002.
At bottom of page link to the mistakes of 1996 - they are are still valid today.
http://www.useit.com/
A chapter from the John Krug book on Web design, Don't Make
Me Think.
http://www.sensible.com/chapter.html
Usability. This site sponsored by the National Cancer Institute
has many articles on all aspects of usability including a link to the Federal
508 standards. A very thorough site. (Added January
10, 2004)
http://usability.gov/
Research-based Web Design & Usability Guidelines. A very complete
list of organized links to information on many aspects of usability including,
but not limited to topics such as design process, reading, content organization,
and accessiblity. (Added April 12, 2004)
http://usability.gov/guidelines/
Step-by-Step Usability Guide. The primary government source for
information on usability. There are tools for creating Web sites and making
them more usable and useful. Guidelines are research based. (Added
Msrch 27, 3007)
http://usability.gov/
Ten Usability Heuristics (Jacob Nielsen). Listed and described
are ten general principles for user interface design. (Added
October 15, 2004)
http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html
Usability First. Although theoretically designed primarily for
Web Site designers, this is valuable information for any software designer.
Best information is found by scrolling down and clicking on "Introduction
to Usability" and "Glossary."
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/
Usability Professionals Association. The home page of this organization
has links to many helpful sites including information on ROI. (Added
September 18, 2007)
http://upassoc.org/
(More information on usability can be found on the Chapter 19 page)
(These references are from the chapter. This list only include the ones that are still available. Please report broken links to Linda Q. Thede)
Americans with disabilities, 1997. Retrieved December 24, 2001 from
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disable/sipp/disab97/asc97.html.
No longer available.
Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (2000). Retrieved
February 14, 2002 from
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm.
Now at http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm
CPS August 2000 Report (2001). Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States August 2000. PDF Fileretrieved February 13, 2002 from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer.html
Smith, S. (2002). Readability Testing Health Information. Retrieved March 17,
2002 from
http://www.prenataled.com/story9.htm. (No longer available)
Stanford Medical Group, (2002). Electronic Mail Services. Retrieved February
13, 2002 from
http://www-med.stanford.edu/shs/smg/email.html.
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