[access-uk] Re: Website preferences
- From: Barry Toner <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:29:32 +0000
Hi,
On one hand cheers for asking the question, but... Like Ian I'm mystified as
to why our so called "Flag Ship" charity isn't just pushing for C. The sinic
in me suggests it's an attempt to look busy by asking a 10 year old, (at
least), question. Not to mention after the fact of broken accessibility and
poor design on sites that the RNIB has consulted on and earned a silly amount
of money in doing so. Perhaps resources could be better spent on getting the
RNIB into a position were they can enforce accessibility and not just suggest
it at a high mark-up in consultents fees.
I make no apologies for this email being hard-line or sinical. This stuff
comes up over and over and over again. It's old and pisses me and no doubt
plenty of other VI folks off.
Barry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Iain Lackie
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:08 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Website preferences
>
> surely the answer is obviously C. Design should be inclusive and I
> think we
> have seen too many examples of "special" sites not having all the
> facilities
> of the main site or not being properly maintained. I can't even see why
> the
> question is being asked.
>
> Iain
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Egan, Bim
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:29 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Website preferences
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if you see this on other lists ...
>
> My name's Bim Egan, I'm the technical lead for RNIB's web access team.
> Web designers sometimes look to RNIB for guidance on what sight-
> impaired
> people need to make a site accessible. Though we have no power to
> insist that they take our advice, we want to make sure that what we say
> is right for you and others .
>
> Could you help us please, by saying which of the following three
> options
> (A, B or C) would be more likely to suit your needs?
>
> A. a text-only site, mirroring the main site with all its features; or
>
> B. A separate, simplified site made easier for sight-impaired people,
> but with the risk of missing out on some of the features on the main
> site; or
>
> Option C: If it's possible, one website that is accessible for
> everyone,
> sighted and unsighted.
>
> Option B could mean extra cost for web designers, which they may not
> like to incur. On the other hand some people who work entirely from
> the
> keyboard tell us that Options A and C can mean far too many key strokes
> for them.
>
> Question: Would it be a good idea for RNIB, as policy, to encourage
> designers of the more popular or important sites for independent
> living, (grocery sites for example) to produce an option B version?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Bim
>
>
>
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