- From: Andrew Arch <andrew@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:22:25 +0000
- To: public-wai-age@w3.org
Hello WAI-AGE subscribers, Forwarding this announcement as some of you are not on the WAI-IG mailing list [1]. Apologies to those of you who have already seen it. Andrew [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/ -- Andrew Arch Web Accessibility and Ageing Specialist http://www.w3.org/People/Andrew/ http://www.w3.org/WAI/WAI-AGE/ -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Involve Users in Your Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility Resent-Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:02 +0000 Resent-From: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:19:58 -0600 From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, Want to better understand accessibility issues and implement more effective accessibility solutions? The W3C WAI Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) today published documents to help: * Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/users/involving * Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/users The documents provide guidance on including real users, covering: * How involving users early helps * Finding a range of users * Working with users * Analyzing accessibility issues * Drawing conclusions and reporting * Note for usability professionals * Combining user involvement with standards We encourage project managers, designers, and developers of the following to read these documents: * websites and web applications * browsers, media players, and assistive technologies * authoring tools such as content management systems (CMS), blog software, and WYSIWYG editors * standards and policies on accessibility * web technologies and technical specifications See also the blog post: * Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility http://www.w3.org/QA/2009/12/discover_new_ways_of_thinking.html These documents were developed and updated by Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) as part of the WAI-AGE Project. WAI-AGE is a European Commission IST Specific Support Action, with the goal of increasing accessibility of the Web for older people as well as for people with disabilities. See: http://www.w3.org/WAI/WAI-AGE/ Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions. Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid cross-postings where possible. Regards, ~Shawn Henry, W3C WAI, EOWG Chair ----- Shawn Lawton Henry W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) e-mail: shawn@w3.org phone: +1.617.395.7664 about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/
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