Comments on: Speaking on Web Accessibility

By: seo pixy

seo pixy — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:39:58 +0000

I think you made the right decision to focus on the practical side of things, I’m sure that the people appreciated your approach!

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:43:36 +0000

It’s amazing the difference having 45 minutes can make! Running through the moray of abbreviations and correlative issues would be well worthwhile — and is certainly something to keep in mind for longer opportunities.

@naud jf: There isn’t much to the presentation, but I will get it up shortly! I’ll mention it in my blog when it’s available.

Thanks!

By: naud jf

naud jf — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:31:05 +0000

hi,

I would have talked about browsing with a keyboard only (those select box based on the “onchange” event without “ok” button…), explained that image that contains information can only be understood by blind people if they have an alternative text, that google bots are blind too, that we should never convey information with color only ( hillary clinton donation form is a perfect example of what we should not do to indicate required fields), that javascript is a language that uses lots of CPU. That makes it use lots of power, and subsequently lots of battery. As a result, 50% of mobile phones have javascript disabled. That in western countries, part of aged people is growing very fast…

I am curious to see your presentation support. I am doing same kind of speeches (but with much more time, 45 minutes) for my client. Can you send it to me ?

THANX !!

By: Andrea Hill

Andrea Hill — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:45:57 +0000

When I recently did a presentation on web accessibility, I did a veeery broad overview of all the different acronyms and abbreviations. I find that the various regulations and guidelines are not well understood, so I tried to simply establish some shared vocabulary. Granted, I also had 45 min!

In retrospect, I’ve said I would bring up videos of people using screen readers, to show people (to some extent) how users of assistive technologies interact with what we give them.. to give it more of a personal view.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Mobile is the big question everybody always follows up on — it’s a good lead in to other limitation-related web site interactions. I wouldn’t mind doing an entire session on mobile devices and accessibility! They have some very nice compatibilities.

Thanks for stopping by, Jack!

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:37:31 +0000

Of course, that could have just meant that I wasn’t very clear…

Thanks for stopping by, Jane! I definitely enjoyed your talk and company, as well. Too bad you missed out on dinner afterwards — but I hope your family dinner party went well!

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:29:48 +0000

Your talk was great Joe. That was clearly demonstrated by the fact that over 50% of the questions in the Q & A were directed to you. The content you provided was valuable and people wanted to learn more.

It was fun to be your co-panelist. I hope we can do it next year at Search Engine Strategies Toronto.

By: JackP

JackP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:27:14 +0000

I would have taken a similar approach to you:

what problems would someone who couldn’t see the screen encounter?
what problems would someone who couldn’t use a mouse encounter?
what if you were on dial-up?
what if you were on a mobile?

etc