- From: Jamie Mackay <Jamie.Mackay@cultureandheritage.govt.nz>
- Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:26:20 +1300
- To: "'Anthony Quinn'" <anthony@frontend.com>, WAI Mailing list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Anthony I just used The Wave for checking your page. I am some way off being able to convince the Powers that Be to fork out for a screen reader for me to use for testing (though I have used IBM's Home Page in the past). I would be interested to know if others have found if The Wave accurately represents how a screen reader works. Jamie > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Quinn [SMTP:anthony@frontend.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2000 21:24 > To: Jamie Mackay; WAI Mailing list > Subject: RE: paper on usability and accessibility > > Hi Jamie, > > No need to apologise - I asked for criticism. Your comment is a fair one. > The problem is largely caused because the online version appears in what > is > essentially an out of date template. We are redesigning our site at > present > (should be testing it with real users in the next 8-10 days or so, which > will be interesting). Our developers are completely overhauling not just > the > interface but the entire backend as well, so it's a pretty big job. > > The new site will take care of the problem with reading order. > > Thanks for your comment though. Did you actually use a screen reader, or > just The Wave - I'm curious because I haven't had any complaints from > people > with screen readers. If anyone out there has had any trouble with the > site, > please let me know. > > You can see the page in question at > http://www.frontend.com/accessibility_paper.html > > thanks, > > Anthony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jamie Mackay [mailto:Jamie.Mackay@cultureandheritage.govt.nz] > Sent: 04 December 2000 02:16 > To: WAI Mailing list > Subject: RE: paper on usability and accessibility > > > Hi Anthony > > Sorry if this sounds like a smartass comment - I actually think what you > are doing is great - but I would have thought that such a document should > be presented in a more accessible way. For example, according to Wave, the > main text doesn't start until the 61st cell of your table - lots of stuff > to > wade through if you are relying on a screen reader. > > This is particulary important for a web page which people new to desinging > accesible sites will look to for design and layout ideas as well as for > the > content it contains. > > Jamie Mackay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anthony Quinn [SMTP:anthony@frontend.com] > > Sent: Saturday, 2 December 2000 03:47 > > To: WAI Mailing list > > Subject: paper on usability and accessibility > > > > Hi All, > > > > Frontend has published a white paper "Accessibility and Usability for > > e-Government - A Primer for Public Sector Officials". > > > > This paper is intended as a primer for public sector officials who are > > responsible for or otherwise involved in the creation of web sites and > > although it is written within an Irish context, it may be of interest. > > > > I would be grateful for feedback and comments from the group - positive > > and > > negative! If anyone would like a copy, please let me know and I will > > happily > > forward it - it's available in PDF, MS Word 2000 format ot as a text > file. > > > > We have also posted it on our website, at the following URL > > > > http://www.frontend.com/accessibility_paper.html > > > > > > regards, > > > > Anthony > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > > > Anthony Quinn UI Design Manager > > > > Frontend ~ Usability Engineering & Interface Design > > 40 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland > > > > Visit our Usability InfoCentre at: > > http://www.frontend.com/usability_infocentre/ > > > > anthony.quinn@frontend.com tel: +353 1 241 1600 > > http://www.frontend.com fax: +353 1 241 1601 > > _______________________________________________________
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