Chapter 12 is a reference chapter. It discusses usability, accessibility, load speed and caching. It talks about, and references, many ways to set up a web page to adhere to different usability standards, such as for blind or other disabled users. It also has a section on how to set up page caching to increase server speed. There is also a section(s) on usability functions such as tabbing, default cursor locations and what not.
There was very little hands on practice involved in this section. It was put in, I believe, to give the user, me, a better understanding of how the previous, and probably the future, sections of the book should be fit together. It gives quick references to previous sections of note to help make the point. This chapter is the most important chapter I have encountered so far in that it raises many questions that you as a page designer need to keep in mind. These questions that the chapter raises should be asked during the initial design phase before you start coding anything. It should also be referenced once the site has been finished and you are doing the QA and error testing/functionality testing work.
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