- From: Daniel Dardailler <danield@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 18:10:18 +0200
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
First one for broad educated/technical audience, i.e. readers that do not know about the architecture of the Web: browser/server, HTML, HTTP, but are able to understand how it works from 50000 feet and then understand what accessibility is about, with some concrete examples. Basically the message here is: IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACCESS TO THE INTERNET/WEB WITHOUT SIGHT, providing the author provides such and such information (descriptive text for image, title for frame, good structure, etc). The Table Of Content reads: Title: Surfing in the dark Intro: some catchy lead story in a few lines Web 101 browser/server model url/http/document doc: mostly html + image/audio/video/program presentation/style done by the browser therefore: possibility to adapt the presentation: voice, braille, etc Example a nice graphical site bad text-only version good text-only version explanation what changed: alt, frame, structure/navigation (h1.h2, ul, a), separated style Why it's important People with disabilities (ADA) Low bandwith Better Search Future agents: Web Phone/Mobile/AutoPC Conclusion: It's possible to access to the internet/web without sight. Graphics is nice, but text rules. ================ The second for web page authors, i.e. people that know about HTML/HTTP in some details, but only have a vague idea of what accessibility is about (they heard about ALT maybe). There we need to stress the curb-cut effect (it's good for web phone, mobile, and their own maintenance of pages) and explain the "how" in some details: what needs to be done in the markup (ALT, TITLE on Frame, use CSS, etc) Title: Good design is Accessible Design Intro: some catchy lead story in a few lines [different than above] [no need to explain the web basics as in the above] Good web design client software unknown client modality unknown design for reusability/maintenance design for performance, reader-friendly Short tutorial html/xml/css/xsl Example [Same example] Extracts from GL Why it's important [Same reasons] Conclusion: [Same conclusion] In both case, word count is that of a 2 full pages article (variant per magazine), with a screen dump of some nice web site and what it gives in text-only mode (good and bad cases). As you see, in both cases, I put the emphasis on visual problem, and I plan on just mentioning other disabilities.
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