Effective in-site search, good navigation, and clear, well-constructed content are the most important usability issues for disabled internet users.

User Vision surveyed 208 internet users throughout the UK with impairments which affect the way they use the internet, comprising the visually impaired/blind, hearing impaired/deaf, physically disabled, and those with dyslexia/learning difficulties.

Clarity of content (straightforward language and a clear, simple layout) was regarded by 88% as "very important". Good navigation (65%)and the use of meaningful and clear hyperlinks (63%) was also regarded as very important.

ALT tags was only regarded as ‘very important’ by a third of respondents and surprisingly, among the visually impaired users, 25% found ALT tags not important at all.

» Disabled web users rank their usability priorities