Re: Judging Web Site Accessibility

Hello Craig,

My colleague recently presented a paper at the AusWeb03 conference looking
at Flash from a WCAG 1.0 perspective to assist developers to improve
accessibility - it may help with assessments too. See
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw03/conf/program.html and look for Flash.

Andrew
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                      "Craig Hadley"                                                                              
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Hello,

I saw the subject and a question immediately popped into my mind.

Someone recently passed on to me the link of a site that saying "This is
really neat and wouldn't it be great to do our site like this." The site in
question is http://www.thedesk.info.

When I went to take a look at the site I noticed that it is all in Flash
and
the people involved with this group are highly respected long time
advocates.

So how would one "judge the accessibility" of an all Flash site as the
usual
techniques that one (or at least I) would use are not applicable (Lynx,
source code, etc.)? Is there an automated Flash "accessibility" checker?
Has
Flash evolved enough to be even asking these question in regards to
"Judging
Web Site Accessibility"? And might the usability benefits to the targeted
users (people with developmental disabilities) be important enough to
consider Flash for ease of use?

Thanks,
Craig Hadley
Madison WI

Received on Thursday, 10 July 2003 00:58:00 UTC