Re: Which popular Web search engines are used among people with disabilities?

Bob:
I assume you're referring to the Webby Awards site?  :-)
Kathleen

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From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 18:42:54 -0400 (EDT)

>On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Kathleen Anderson wrote:
>
>> Google won a Webby Award this year in the "Best Practices" category. I went to the Webby Awards site to see what the criteria was, but they've removed that section to prepare for next years awards. I do recall, however, that it had *something* to do with accessibility.
>
>well I went to their site just after the award was announced and found the
>site totally unusable.  violated just about every access standard
>
>Bob
>
>> 
>> Kathleen
>> 
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: Phillip Pi <philpi@apu.edu>
>> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
>> 
>> >Would I assume Google search engine used often because of its simple Web
>> >design? I wonder if there was a study on this. I look forward to receiving 
>> >a reply. :)
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