- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 07:11:50 -0500
- To: "Scott Luebking" <phoenixl@sonic.net>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
web sites are like trees, there are a lot of them in the forrest. I've trained people in web accessibility and david has already answered your question twice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Luebking" <phoenixl@sonic.net> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 12:04 AM Subject: Re: Some questions from CHI-WEB people Hi, I believe the purpose of the question was not quite understood. The question was asking how much additional work does a web page creater who starts with no backgroup in accessibility guidelines will need to put in to making a a new web page which is also accessible as compared to if the new web page need not be accessible. Scott > > > > 1. Has any experimentation been done to get a sense about how much longer it > > takes a developer to learn accessibility issues and create a > > web page which can be considered accessible? For example, one experiment > > Accessibility needs to be introduced above the developer level. If the > person commissioning the page imposes a particular visual presentation, > the designer has to find a solution that simultaneously meets the > accessibility requirements and the apperance requirements, even though > the appearance may not improve usability for any class of user.
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