It is not easy to improve easy access without sacrifcing the creativity of the design. Designers find it laborious of striking the balance between usability and artistry. Many web authors swing to extremes like a pendulum of usability or artistry in designing a website.

Different Audiences, Different Alternatives
It is best to identify your target audience for your website. For example you are working on a website about techniques of painting; your target market is artists interested in learning about painting. Possible users of your website are disabled users, who are digital immigrants; these are people who are mature as artists but babes in website navigation. Most of them are highly motivated individuals who want to learn new ideas from your website; the age range usually starts from 40 up to 82 years old. As a designer, you start conceptualizing a site that is user friendly for both digital citizens and digital immigrants who are interested in painting.

The best way to make it sure that your website is a universally usable, it is best to ran a test and ask people around who are both disabled users and average users alike; then from there get useful tips from them and modify your site every time a substantial suggestion comes along. Sometimes it is really impossible to have an immediate universally accessible website because of constraints such as objective reasons like site profile and client requirements, however, giving up is never an option.

Website Version: Basic
A website with its visual elements stripped is called the basic website version. It has graphics and different styles of background, color and link color. You can get an easily retrieved copy a basic website by removing elements which are not focused as content part. After removing the add-ons; and the website continues to work; then the element of visibility was not necessary because by removing them, it did not lessen the effectiveness of the website.

When can you welcome an accessible basic version?
An accessible basic version is usually used when there is slow internet connection or old browsers due to an older version of a software system. If you are using the newest version of software system, it is advisable to use the full potential of your website. It is considered wise to show on the homepage an alternative of the simpler version or the html for flash and java scripts.

An example of using a accessible basic version is the old yahoo mail, instead of using the newest version of yahoo; many people opt to use the older version because of its usability. However, the new version is also innovative, but it can only run very well in an advance software system, otherwise, it will take you long before opening an e-mail.

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