- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 13:08:13 -0400
- To: John Foliot - bytown internet <foliot@bytowninternet.com>, W3c-Wai-Ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
what he fails to take into account is that god structural mark up and good use of it being made by rendering technologies can go a long way toward achieving the goal and already has. For instance, jaws and soon window eyes will allow you to quickly scan a web page for certain types of information such as paragraphs, headings, form controlls, links, lists and much much more. There will be more progress in this area from the big two and as resources are available, the gains will be tremendous. What he propposes here seems to be to be to derail all of that for something new and as yet untried. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Foliot - bytown internet" <foliot@bytowninternet.com> To: "W3c-Wai-Ig" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: FW: Alertbox: Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility Not sure how many people on this list read Jacob... sometimes I agree with him, sometimes I think he's way off base, but the topic line is relevant to this list (and this time I tend to agree with him <grin>). Cheers! JF -----Original Message----- From: Jakob Nielsen [mailto:alertbox@nngroup.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 1:20 PM To: Alertbox Announcement List Subject: Alertbox: Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for April 7 is now online at: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030407.html Summary: The key difference between user interfaces for sighted users and blind users is not that between graphics and text; it's the difference between 2-D and 1-D. Optimal usability for users with disabilities requires new approaches and new user interfaces. ------------ Call for entries: BEST INTRANETS OF 2003 Think you have a good intranet? Enter it in the design competition for this year's top-10 intranets. More info: http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/2003 ------------ Usability Week 2003: San Francisco, May 12-16 More info and full program: http://www.nngroup.com/events Early-bird deadline one week from today ------------ The BBC has my analysis of how websites cover the war: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2914511.stm --- To subscribe send a blank email to join-alertbox@laser.sparklist.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-alertbox-6017273E@laser.sparklist.com [You are currently subscribed as webmaster@bytowninternet.com]
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