- From: Rich Caloggero <rich@accessexpressed.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:00:31 -0400
- To: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "'webwatch-l@teleport.com'" <webwatch-l@teleport.com>
Our company, Very Special Arts Massachusetts, is developing a website, www.accessexpressed.net, which provides disability accessibility information related to various cultural organizations (theaters, museums, and other venues). The site, as currently implemented, uses a Lotus Domino server and a Notes database. The interface uses the standard look and feel convensions of Lotus Notes, and is cumbersome at best, down right inaccessible at worst to blind users. My question is: is there a more accessible set of tools/interface builders which may make the interface more usable by the blind? Do we need to redesign completely using a different database? Can we build a better interface on top of what already exists? While I understand the basics of html, client server architecture, etc I no nothing of Notes and Domino and the ways in which it is or is not customizable. I understand that these tools are quite popular for they provide a seemingly flexable and consistant way of designing interfaces on top of a fairly sophisticated database with minimal effort. It seems that one of the biggest barriers to accessibility is the lack of accessability-related features integrated into most popular web publishing environments. I think a good easy to use powerful publishing environment whose designers are aware of accessibility issues would be a big win for disabled people net-wide. Rich Caloggero Very Special Arts Massachusetts voice: (617) 350-7713 e-mail: rich@accessexpressed.net or rjc@mit.edut
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