[access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
- From: <voldi.gailans@xxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:01:29 +0100
Hi L=E9oni and Ian,
According to the latest newsletter from Webaim, =
(http://www.webaim.org/newsletter/):
"Although the search engine itself is limited, the concept and design =
are noteworthy."
I haven't had a chance to look at it myself yet.
Best wishes,
Voldi
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of L=E9onie Watson
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 13:26
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
Ian,
After a few brief searches, the site looks very good. The =
presentation
is nice and clean and the category headings are very useful if you're =
not
sure what you're looking for.
Personally, and I'll stress this is purely an issue of my own taste, =
I
still prefer Google. YouSearch provides too much in the way of help. =
Access
keys can be turned off admittedly, but there are also plenty of skip =
links
which for me at least put more clutter in the way than I'd like. That =
said,
these aids provide welcome help for many people, so this isn't a =
critisism
in the least.
The search results themselves were accurate for the most part and =
the
lack of advertising was very nice indeed. Good use of headings to =
structure
the page layout make life very easy and definitely give YouSearched one =
up
on Google.
Best of all are the nice touches like stating that external links =
will
open in a new page, something I usually force manually when using a =
search
engine anyway and also the fact that they are clearly making such an =
effort
with accessibility and usability.
Has anyone else tried this SE yet?
Tink.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:49 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
> Hi Tink, can you say what it's like as a search engine as compared, =
for e=3D
> xample, with Google?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
Behalf =3D
> Of L=3DE9onie Watson
> Sent: 28 June 2004 12:31
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
>
>
> Ian,
>
> Absolutely, I mailed YouSearched to let them know about the =
problem a=3D
> nd also to give my compliments.
>
> Initially I received the following reply:-
>
> Thank you for your kind message and for bringing the Bobby issue to =
us.
>
> when we did our Bobby test it was carried out on the Yousearched lay =
out =3D
> and accessibility design and not the content within the Yousearched. =
Yous=3D
> earched act as a search engine which contains millions of other =
websites =3D
> which unfortunatly are not all accessibility friendly,
>
> unfortunatly that gives a wrong reading on Bobby. sadly only 18% of =
the W=3D
> orld websites are accessibility friendly, lets hope this number will =
incr=3D
> ease."
>
> I suspect that the person manning the email desk may not be a =
develo=3D
> per, as the home page does not appear to carry external content. This =
onl=3D
> y appears to be the case after a search is made. So I mentioned this =
and =3D
> received the following:-
>
> "I quite understand your advice with regard to Bobby and will act =
acc=3D
> ordinally, once again I thank you for your valuable suggestion."
>
> It's great to find a receptive team and more power to them in the =
fut=3D
> ure!
>
> L=3DE9onie.
>
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