Before and After Demo (BAD)

Dear group,

As mentioned in Andrew's previous mail, we will be discussing the Before 
and After Demo (BAD) during this weeks teleconference. "BAD" is a sample 
(miniature) Web site in an inaccessible and accessible version:
  - <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/2005/Demo/>

It was specifically designed to be reusable during presentations or 
training sessions. Of course it should also serve as best practice for 
developers and to help destroy the myth that accessible Web sites have 
to be dull and boring.

We have previously discussed this demo as a valuable resource to show 
the common accessibility needs of older people. It should demonstrate 
that by conforming to the accessibility guidelines, the accessibility 
needs of older users are equally met. It could also be used for trainers 
and educators offering courses to older users, or to developers who want 
to construct Web sites for this target audience:
  - <http://www.w3.org/WAI/WAI-AGE/deliverables.html#bad>

Please have a look at the "Accessibility Barriers" page which shows the 
types of accessibility issues that were built into this initial demo. It 
is a collection of different kinds of barriers that were put together in 
different individual Web pages:
  - <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/2005/Demo/features>

Please also look at the changelog document which captures some of the 
requirements including the purpose and the target audience (and which 
links to more in-depth background on the requirements):
  - <http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/2005/Demo/changelog>

During this week's teleconference call I would like to discuss the types 
of accessibility barriers that are shown in the demo to see if there are 
other ones that we should be covering too. Please consider the WAI-AGE 
comparative analysis for this purpose, noting that the demo will be 
updated to WCAG 2.0 during this exercise:
  - <http://www.w3.org/WAI/WAI-AGE/comparative.html>

Feel free to send any questions, comments, or suggestions to this list 
ahead of time so that we can discuss them during the call.

Best,
   Shadi

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Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ |
   WAI International Program Office Activity Lead   |
  W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair |

Received on Monday, 29 September 2008 14:07:14 UTC