- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:20:53 -0800
- To: Dr Nick Fiddes <nick@scotweb.ltd.uk>, kynn@idyllmtn.com, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Nick, Checked our your site, and if I was interested just for myself, it would be a nice site, but for persons with disabilities that affect the ability to read, the site is just one more useless government site. The only place I could find any icons or "illustrations" to support the plethora of words was on the site about accessibility where the included the icons for all the awards received. Even the site for What's New, with a link to information on PWD's adding income, was mared by the absence of any illustrations to guide a poor reader to the information they want. If this is an example of the best that can be made under the guidelines to insure access to ALL web users with disabilities, then the guidelines are woefully inadequate. Otherwise, the site has accommodated some with disabilities but slammed the door in the face of others. Anne At 06:46 PM 12/14/00 +0000, Dr Nick Fiddes wrote: >Those of you on the other side of the pond may be interested to take >a look at the UK government's main public site: >http://www.open.gov.uk/ It claims 'WAI-AAA' standard of >accessibility and though I've not analysed in depth I've seen no >reason yet to dispute this. > >Cheers, > Nick >-- > ____ > \__/ Dr Nick Fiddes nick@clan.com > / \ Managing Director mobile: 07050 169167 > _ \__/ _ ================================================ > \\ || // Scotweb Limited, info@scotweb.ltd.uk > \\||// 13a Albert Terrace, http://www.scotweb.ltd.uk > \||/ Edinburgh EH10 5EA Tel +44 (0) 131 270 8233 > || Scotland. Europe. Fax +44 (0) 7020 934 904 > > Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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