[Fwd: Before and After Demo (BAD)]

Dear EOWG,

The WAI-AGE Task Force will be the discussing changes on the Before and 
After Demo (BAD) during this week's teleconference call (on Wednesday 
1st October). Since many of you were involved in the development of the 
initial version of this resource, please feel free to send any comments 
or thoughts to the WAI-AGE TF mailing list for discussion:
  - <public-wai-age@w3.org>

Note: we will be bringing the outcomes of the WAI-AGE TF discussion to 
EOWG before actually implementing any changes on the demo.

Regards,
   Shadi


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Before and After Demo (BAD)
Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:07:15 +0000
Resent-From: public-wai-age@w3.org
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:06:37 +0200
From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
To: public-wai-age@w3.org


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

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

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