- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 11:52:59 -0500
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
Hi Chaals, >> Laura Carlson >> - Objected that accessibility dependencies are not satisfied. This will >> be reflected in the status section. >> - Objected that people with disabilities may have trouble using >> bugzilla. We will do everything we can to help such folks enter their >> comments and follow progress. There is a bug recording this concern: >> <http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10525> > > I agree that this is important. If it causes substantive problems, I hope > people will at least report during the last call that such a problem > occurred I hope that they do, but doubt that they will. If a website is difficult to use or not accessibility, people leave. This has been known for many years. Leaving is the first line of defense when users encounter difficulties. "If the homepage fails to clearly state what a company offers and what users can do on the site, people leave. If users get lost on a website, they leave. If a website's information is hard to read or doesn't answer users' key questions, they leave. Note a pattern here? There's no such thing as a user reading a website manual or otherwise spending much time trying to figure out an interface." - Jakob Nielsen, 2003 [1]. Best Regards, Laura [1] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html -- Laura L. Carlson
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