About Accessibility 1st

A1 is a high quality, no-nonsense web agency that is all about:

Standards
Applying universal best practice ensures our clients receive the highest quality product for their investment.
Access
All our sites are fully accessible for people with disabilities, ensuring equitable access to information & services.
Style
Brand is everything - A recent study has shown that businesses that invest in good design have proven to be more successful than those that don’t.
Satisfaction
Most of our business is repeat business. Our clients love dealing with us because of our ‘down to earth’ approach, the quality of our product and the fact that we deliver on time and within budget.

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About Jeff Lowder

Jeff kicked off his career in freelance web development 8 years ago. Since then he has worked on many exciting websites in a range of capacities, including front-end specialist, back-end developer and information architect. He is passionate about developing with web standards, and as an adjunct to this has also specialised in accessible web development and accessibility audits.

Jeff currently freelances to Massive Interactive, Eclipse Group and One Digital

The founder of Accessibility 1st, Jeff’s areas of expertise & passion include:

Front–end Development sites

Freedom, Act Now!, Panasonic Avionics (Airbus A380 interfaces), Department of Justice (Victoria), Bigpond Movies (not live yet), Vic Roads & Macquarie University.

Front–end development skills

X/HTML, CSS, Javascript/Ajax, XML, XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, Flex & AIR, Prototype & MooTools

Back–end development skills

PHP, Cold Fusion 8.0, .Net, Ruby on Rails, ASP, JSP, XML/XSLT

IIS / Apache / Websphere / Cold Fusion

Database driven web development

MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL or XML/Web Services