RE: FWD: CHI-WEB: Amazon's version for the Visually Impaired

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Jim Thatcher wrote:

> Your reply is disconcerting. It is frustrating to find folks interpreting
> 508 in their own way, without reading it carefully.

I have read it several times carefully and had input into it

> LYNX doesn't support JavaScript (and PINE is an email client), so LYNX is an

I said PINE was e-mail

> irrelevant litmus tests for 508 compliance. But as to the subject of this
> thread, amazon.com/access is fine with LYNX.

and what I complained about was "less than complete" and not the same as
the main site

Bob

> 
> Jim
> jim@jimthatcher.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Access Systems [mailto:accessys@smart.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:32 PM
> To: Jim Thatcher
> Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; Jon Hanna
> Subject: RE: FWD: CHI-WEB: Amazon's version for the Visually Impaired
> 
> 
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Jim Thatcher wrote:
> 
> > Almost every message about this site on two list discussions I am watching
> > has been critical in one way or another. What do commercial firms have to
> > do? Come to you and get your blessing before they launch SOMETHING? (I
> would
> > hate to try to get it!)
> 
> no it is easy.
> 
> try to use your site using web browser LYNX and e-mail PINE I believe
> these are listed by name in section 508 as a minimum standard (part of the
> reason I run em) then of course visit "bobby"
> 
> 
> if you can use your site then it has probably a 99.9% chance of being
> compliant.
> 
> if you are not proud of what you get or cannot use it effectively the same
> as your site using a graphics browser then it probably is going to be a
> problem
> 
> Bob
> 
> >
> > I don't really think this was designed for accessibility. As I said in a
> > previous message, even the simplest accessibility things haven't been done
> > like labeling form elements and including alt text. BUT, given what they
> > have done so far, it would be EASY to fix those problems. They have tried
> to
> > present the essence of Amazon.com (an editorial decision, which only they
> > can make) without all the glitz and I think they have done a very good job
> > of that.
> >
> > I believe that this shopping site is an order of magnitude more accessible
> > than almost all other shopping sites, certainly all major shopping sites.
> >
> > Jim
> > jim@jimthatcher.com
> > Accessibility Consulting
> > http://jimthatcher.com
> > 512-306-0931
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On
> > Behalf Of Jon Hanna
> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:14 AM
> > To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> > Subject: RE: FWD: CHI-WEB: Amazon's version for the Visually Impaired
> >
> >
> > e-backofbus.com
> >
> >
> 
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