[access-uk] Re: Website preferences
- From: "Emma Tracey" <Emma.Tracey@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:25:00 -0000
Hi Bim
I'll have to go with the overwhelming majority and say option C.
As someone said earlier, the online shopping experience is evolving for
everyone, sighted and non-sighted. This is mostly a positive thing in
my view, giving more choice and a more pleasant journey through the
process. If all the graphics, boxes, buttons etc are labelled and the
AT user has the ability to search for words on a webpage, I'd have
thought numerous keystrokes wouldn't be necessary to complete the
transaction.
Developers are never going to spend the extra cash on special websites,
particularly in these times. Text sights are never well maintained and
often involve lots of scrolling which is tiresome for anyone.
Regards
Emma Tracey
Content Producer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch
Tel: +44 (0)208 7525469
Email: emma.tracey@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Egan, Bim
Sent: 09 March 2011 07:29
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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