[access-uk] Re: Website preferences
- From: Barry Toner <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:22:02 +0000
Hi,
Option C. Also please define what you mean by "Too many keystrokes". If the
site is designed well and the person is trained with their Adaptive Technology
this should not be the case.
Regards,
Barry.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Richard Godfrey-McKay
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:12 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Website preferences
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> Option c, every time.
>
>
> Richard Godfrey-McKay
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Colin Fowler
> Sent: 09 March 2011 07:33
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Website preferences
>
> It has to be option C always! BS8878 underpins that and you should be
> supporting BS8878.
>
>
> Colin Fowler
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Egan, Bim" <Bim.Egan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:29 AM
> 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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