- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:27:23 -0700
- To: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 09:20 PM 10/14/1999 , Scott Luebking wrote: >One of the professors I've been talking with is interested in seeing >a web site which follows the guidelines, preferably one which is >science-based, housed at a university or highly interactive. The >concern is that a web site which follows the guidelines may not >have a good appearance or may not provide enough functionality. Hi, your very question shows that your professor is laboring under one of the most common myths of accessible web design. Making a web page accessible _in no way should affect the appearance_, and as for functionality, accessibility considerations _enhance_ functionality rather than decrease it. Are there a lot of really kick ass accessible pages out there? No, not really, because most web designers are ignorant, or lazy, or both. But I have yet to find a SINGLE web page, no matter how advanced, that could not be made accessible quite easily, without losing anything in appearance or functionality! If you want a reverse challenge back to your professor, I would invite her to select a web page -- any web page -- that she feels is highly attractive and functional, and I will show how easily that page can be made accessible in most every case, with no loss of appearance or functionality whatsoever. Take the Kynn challenge! -- Kynn Bartlett mailto:kynn@hwg.org President, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ AWARE Center Director http://aware.hwg.org/
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