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accessibility thread: Re: Accessibility guidlines and standards


Message #1 by "Mark Squires" <p2pwrox@j...> on Tue, 12 Feb 2002 01:03:56
> things you worry about most when making a website accessible?

> What sort of information do you look for?



Primarily the use of usability-checking software (CAST's Bobby, and the 

W3C) and knowledge gained from previous experience. Unfortunately, now 

that Bobby has a cost, this has driven some away - exactly those people 

who are working to make accessible sites for non-mandatory usable sites.



Finding the actual software that visually impaired users use, or products 

that are similar often has a prohibitively high cost; this seems to be one 

common problem.



Using relativly new technology like XHTML+XSL etc, I try to separate the 

content and design at the code-level to give screen readers etc, an easier 

time. Using graphics isn't the problem, it's making sure that at least a 

usable alternative is available. Macromedia's Flash is one example of non-

compatibility with screen readers, however, I do believe there is big 

behind the scenes development by Macromedia on this front.


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