[access-uk] Re: Can Someone Help?

hi theresa.

yes I know what you mean about problems.  just having a brief look the part 
that asks if you would be willing to take part in a survey only requires one 
answer, yes or no  but has 4 radio buttons and I think this is not just purely 
an accessibility issue but a usability one.  Further down the page, the user is 
asked for genda.  the prompt to select 1 gets mixed up with the label for the 
next question.  This is probably due to poor HTML coding.

lower down you are asked if you consider yourself to have a disability.  the 
word disability is a button and clicking on it gives you a definition of 
disability.  this is confusing maybe from an access point of view but wrong 
from a users' point of view.  you are being asked if you consider yourself to 
have a disability, not whether you have a disability according to what the 
university chooses to define as disability so there is really no need for that 
button.

the part about ethnicity seems to work quite well as does the rest of the form 
though maybe a bit of attention could be paid to labels so that as the user 
tabs through the form with a screenreader, prompts are spoken in relevant cases.

Lastly, this form has a number of sections.  the top heading is Staff 
Questionaire
there are then sub headings of Background Information, 
Contact Information, Demoghraphic Information and Nationality and Ethnicity 
information.

Propper HTML heading tags should be used to make the page more navigable.  
Staff information should have a heading 1 tag and the other headings should be 
at level 2.

I hope this is of some help.

Regards

Graham

 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Theresa Hodge 
  To: Access UK Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:45 AM
  Subject: [access-uk] Can Someone Help?


  Hi All

  I need some help from people who use a couple of different screenreaders ...

  I am involved in a project where a questionnaire is being put on a website 
for staff and students of a university to complete about their experiences as a 
disabled person working for / studying at the university.  I've now used a 
couple of different online questionnaire systems and have views on both.

  I wonder if some people could look at this (please don't spend much time, 
just a quick overview) and give me some comments on how accessible it is?  The 
link is http://esda.awardspace.com/staff.htm/

  In my opinion, the online version has been developed to look very much like 
the paper version - but I'm not sure it works online.  I'll reserve any further 
comments until I have some feedback!!

  Anyway, see what you think ...



   Theresa Hodge
  theresa.hodge@xxxxxxxxx




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