Comments on: What’s the key to Accessibility? http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/ Tips and Commentary on Web Accessibility, Usability, and Search Marketing best practices. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Hip Hop Klamotten http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-23790 Hip Hop Klamotten Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:19:56 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-23790 I once responded to someone on the WSG list who wanted to know if they had done well with their site in regards to accessibility. They hadn’t in my opinion so I told them as much. They provided all sorts of available user options was their argument. The trouble is that the default state was pretty unfriendly, and all the provided options where hard to get to (links at the end of the page). In this case the text was tiny and the contrast extremely low. A person with a vision handicap would have had a heck of a time even finding the optional styles. I’d venture to guess they wouldn’t have even hunted for them and would have just left the site. I once responded to someone on the WSG list who wanted to know if they had done well with their site in regards to accessibility. They hadn’t in my opinion so I told them as much. They provided all sorts of available user options was their argument. The trouble is that the default state was pretty unfriendly, and all the provided options where hard to get to (links at the end of the page).

In this case the text was tiny and the contrast extremely low. A person with a vision handicap would have had a heck of a time even finding the optional styles. I’d venture to guess they wouldn’t have even hunted for them and would have just left the site.

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]]> By: Accessibility and Client Expectations: Selling Accessibility | streaminterviews.com http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-17682 Accessibility and Client Expectations: Selling Accessibility | streaminterviews.com Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:44:52 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-17682 [...] by taking their existing design and throwing in accesskeys, tabindex, and/or a Javascript-based text resizing widget. This is less an issue of taking advantage of the consumer as it is one of developer [...] […] by taking their existing design and throwing in accesskeys, tabindex, and/or a Javascript-based text resizing widget. This is less an issue of taking advantage of the consumer as it is one of developer […]

]]> By: Accessibility and Client Expectations: Selling Accessibility | Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-17673 Accessibility and Client Expectations: Selling Accessibility | Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:04:24 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-17673 [...] by taking their existing design and throwing in accesskeys, tabindex, and/or a Javascript-based text resizing widget. This is less an issue of taking advantage of the consumer as it is one of developer [...] […] by taking their existing design and throwing in accesskeys, tabindex, and/or a Javascript-based text resizing widget. This is less an issue of taking advantage of the consumer as it is one of developer […]

]]> By: Cre8tive Flow » Blog Archive » I’m a Web Browsing Expert — aren’t you? http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-13284 Cre8tive Flow » Blog Archive » I’m a Web Browsing Expert — aren’t you? Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:27:11 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-13284 [...] What’s the Key to Accessibility?, I wrote about providing options. In it, I emphasized striking a balance and researching your [...] […] What’s the Key to Accessibility?, I wrote about providing options. In it, I emphasized striking a balance and researching your […]

]]> By: Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design | The Accessibility Silver Bullet http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-6096 Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design | The Accessibility Silver Bullet Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:26:32 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-6096 [...] Most importantly, accessibility is not a cleanly definable field. You can’t easily say that a site is “more” accessible than another, at a certain point. One site may have chosen the path of offering site options to allow the user to customize their experience. Another may have elected for spare use of images and a simple structure, but allows the user to use knowledge of their own tools to enhance their experience. Is it necessarily a better or more accessible experience to visit the first site? It depends on implementation, it depends on how complex the options are to implement - and ultimately it’s a subjective question. The whole question lies in the hands of the user. [...] […] Most importantly, accessibility is not a cleanly definable field. You can’t easily say that a site is “more” accessible than another, at a certain point. One site may have chosen the path of offering site options to allow the user to customize their experience. Another may have elected for spare use of images and a simple structure, but allows the user to use knowledge of their own tools to enhance their experience. Is it necessarily a better or more accessible experience to visit the first site? It depends on implementation, it depends on how complex the options are to implement - and ultimately it’s a subjective question. The whole question lies in the hands of the user. […]

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-5586 Joe Dolson Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:24:47 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-5586 Saw your post, in fact, Tom...already commented on it! :) Thanks! Saw your post, in fact, Tom…already commented on it! :) Thanks!

]]> By: Tom http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-5585 Tom Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:39:14 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-5585 Hi Joe, great post. This is a bit of a manual trackback, possibly a trekback since the computer didn't do it automagically for me :) After reading I wrote <a href="http://www.kid666.com/blog/2007/01/11/inaccessible-web-site-it-may-not-be-entirely-your-fault/">a post this exploring this a bit further</a> on my blog. Cheers, Tom Hi Joe,

great post. This is a bit of a manual trackback, possibly a trekback since the computer didn’t do it automagically for me :)

After reading I wrote a post this exploring this a bit further on my blog.

Cheers, Tom

]]> By: Kid666 Blog » Blog Archive » Inaccessible web site? It may not be entirely your fault http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-5582 Kid666 Blog » Blog Archive » Inaccessible web site? It may not be entirely your fault Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:22:59 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-5582 [...] I was reading through some posts of the excellent Joe Dolson. This one particularly struck me, “What’s the key to Accessibility?“. In it Joe says: [...] […] I was reading through some posts of the excellent Joe Dolson. This one particularly struck me, “What’s the key to Accessibility?“. In it Joe says: […]

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-2868 Joe Dolson Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:59:06 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2006/11/whats-the-key-to-accessibility/#comment-2868 Thanks for pointing that out, Jared - it's a slightly different perspective. If you try and expand the options set to provide whatever the visitor <em>might want</em>, you're definitely going to far for effective accessibility. Providing options should be limited to what a visitor <em>might need</em> if you choose to provide them. Thanks for pointing that out, Jared - it’s a slightly different perspective. If you try and expand the options set to provide whatever the visitor might want, you’re definitely going to far for effective accessibility. Providing options should be limited to what a visitor might need if you choose to provide them.

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