[access-uk] Re: Website preferences
- From: "Egan, Bim" <Bim.Egan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:50:03 -0000
Hi Hazel,
Can you be a bit more specific about RNIB's own back garden pleas?
Thanks,
Bim
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Hazel & Kim Darvell
Sent: 09 March 2011 09:37
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Website preferences
And so say all of us.
Option C for us. and R N I B need to clean up their own back garden
first.
Hazel & Kim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:29 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Website preferences
> 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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