Re: Accessible web site examples

You're right, Lee, examples will help us. I'll be happy to send what I
find as I work, as I also am developing such a course for my university.

As for tables, I often use them to limit column widths for the sake of
readability by _all_ persons. Style sheets are the better answer, though,
and it will be good when more of the web surfing population gets browsers
that support style sheets.

Good luck,

- tom



>I welcome the various sets of guidelines on accessible web pages,
>even if some are contradictory!  What we do not seem to have, however,
>are sets of real example good and bad web pages.  I'm thinking in terms,
>say, of running a course in accessible webpage design and providing
>real web pages (need not be anything large!) as examples of both.  One 
>thing I get confused about myself is TABLEs.  Bobby pretty much frowns
>on tables alltogther but many sites claiming to be accessible use them.
>I do not find tables much of a problem with Lynx myself. I understand 
>the problems with using a left hand pane of a table as a list of quick 
>links - mainly, under Lynx these popup first and make it awkward to get 
>to the content quickly.
>
>So, examples are what we need so we can say, 'no, look at this - this 
>is the way to do it.'
>
>Anyone know of any?  
>
>
>Lee
>
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