- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 10:48:53 -0400
- To: "webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net" <webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net>
- Cc: "'Web Accessibility Initiative'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Folks, If a triple-A rating indicates a site is as close as possible to ALL disabled persons, then I seriously question whether this site deserves such a high rating. The site is almost devoid of graphics other than the logo and the icons promissing accessibility. Even the pages which discuss use of color and techniques to use graphics, are without examples (though examples of code abound!) The content should be of interest to anyone who wants to make a web site, but it doesn't begin to be accessible to much of its intended audience without including meaningful graphics, at the minimal, as examples when referring to graphics. In Virginia, the largest audience to this site might be 8th graders who are fulfilling a state objective to have each VA student create a web site by the end of 8th grade. (8th graders are typically about 13 years old and use textbooks rich with color and graphics.) I would not be able to use the site with disabled high school students, or even with my current (pretty sharp) remedial summer school students, because it lacks one of the basic building blocks of communications - the picture. On the positive side, the site looked nice on a color monitor with MSIE. Anne At 08:58 AM 7/6/1999 -0400, Bruce Bailey wrote: >The "All Things Web" would be triple-A -- except that it only has one >search screen. Terry Sullivan is holding himself to a VERY strict >interpretation of the WCAG... > >---------- >From: Terry Sullivan[SMTP:terry@pantos.org] >Reply To: Terry Sullivan >Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 3:44 PM >To: webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net >Subject: RE: Accessibility of ATW > >On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 10:44:34 -0400, Bruce Bailey wrote: > >> The web needs a few good examples though... > >I know it's not what you'd envisioned, but it occurs to me >that ATW's companion site, _Perspectives_ has no search >facility. > >Following a CSS-driven facelift, the triple-AAA conformance >icon went up this afternoon. > > http://www.pantos.org/atw/perspectives/ > >Just thought you might be interested. > >regards, > >- Terry Sullivan > > Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/apembert apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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