- From: Jamie Fox <jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 13:26:54 -0400
- To: "'Skill Zone'" <sue@skillzone.demon.co.uk>
- Cc: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On the no frame version of this page "http://www.sapphiremag.com/98jul/a_fset.htm" there is a link to the accessible version. Using PW WebSpeak (voice based browser www.prodworks.com) and Lynx (free text browser) for testing will aid you greatly. Many specialized browsers have the capability to list only the hot links. Therefore, it is a bad practice to use a non-descriptive link such as "here" as is done in the sentence "The site also uses Javascript for navigation and visual effects, you are very welcome to look around by clicking on -Link- here but you will get irritating Javascript errors (just say no to any dialogue boxes that pop up!)". Try saying something to the effect of "To browse our accessible no frames version." and hyperlink the whole sentence. Hyperlinks should be able to stand on their own in a list. Many people, including myself, do not like having two versions of a site as they tend to get out of synchronization. It is extra work to maintain a two sites and often the less popular / less visited site is the one to suffer in a time crunch. Not to be a naysayer, but it is unlikely to be able "to be totally accessible in every known flavour of browser and blind reader" without limiting your site to unformatted text (which has its own problems). Before I am jumped on me hear me out, there are still browsers out there and in use that were not too concerned with adhering closely to the W3C's HTML standards. Good luck -Jamie Fox ---------- From: Skill Zone[SMTP:sue@skillzone.demon.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, July 11, 1998 10:24 AM To: W3C; love26@gorge.net Subject: Site Critique Great! Here it is then: http://www.sapphiremag.com/98jul/noframe/opentoc.htm The original version of the site is at http://www.sapphiremag.com The original includes puzzles and games which do not translate, because the use of tables and frames is essential to the mechanism of the game. Any and all suggestions to improve accessibility gratefully received. Sue
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