Re: Which popular Web search engines are used among people with disabilities?

On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Kathleen Anderson wrote:

> Bob:
> I assume you're referring to the Webby Awards site?  :-)

yeah, should have been more specific

Bob

> Kathleen
> 
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> From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:42:54 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> >On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Kathleen Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> Google won a Webby Award this year in the "Best Practices" category. I went to the Webby Awards site to see what the criteria was, but they've removed that section to prepare for next years awards. I do recall, however, that it had *something* to do with accessibility.
> >
> >well I went to their site just after the award was announced and found the
> >site totally unusable.  violated just about every access standard
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >> 
> >> Kathleen
> >> 
> >> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> >> From: Phillip Pi <philpi@apu.edu>
> >> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
> >> 
> >> >Would I assume Google search engine used often because of its simple Web
> >> >design? I wonder if there was a study on this. I look forward to receiving 
> >> >a reply. :)
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