atw: Re: MS Publisher

Accessibility in web design is usually about image tags ( the text you
see when you hover over an image) and the ability for the user to make
the content bigger or smaller, and actually have the content scale up
according to the browser.

 

Try clicking Control + or Control -, if your pages text and images don't
get bigger or smaller in scale, then there is an accessibility issue.

 

 

That's what I call accessibility anyway :-)

 

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Kent
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:52 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Publisher

 

Seems I've hit a nerve, huh? 

 

Kind of - I get very bored with all the Microsoft bashing.  I go with
the big name products because they are where the market is.

 

But I must have a different definition for the word  "accessibility".
What "accessibility issues" are you referring to?

 

Clarifying what I am doing...   I am not producing web content.  I am
producing an executable file that downloads onto someone's computer.
They read it like a book, except they can only see it one page at a
time, cannot see the code and cannot copy the content.  

 

What "accessibility issues" can occur in this context?  Genuine question
- I need to know if I am to continue down this pathway.  Distributing
training materials electronically using non-specialist tools (ie tools
designed for mainstream rather than "the industry")  is all new to me.

 

Christine

 

From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah Cross
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 4:42 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Publisher

 

Seems I've hit a nerve, huh? Or perhaps I have not expressed myself
properly.

 

I was trying to help by pointing out that your final product might have
accessibility issues if it is generated through Publisher. 

 

Accessibility of information is no joke and can be quite costly, as
groups like SOCOG will attest to.

Accessible code is actually modern thinking. Standards like WCAG 1 and 2
are fundamental to ensuring that everyone has access to web content.

 

Given that I work in the web development industry, and am responsible
for implementing and coding web 2.0 (that's one 0) features, I'm not
concerned about being left behind nor taking the professional high
ground.

 

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Kent
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:19 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Publisher

Another thing you might want to consider is the usability and
accessibility of web code produced.

 

I don't have experience with Publisher, but if the HTML code it produces
is anything like MS Word, you could be in trouble.

 

Not an issue.  WebCompiler compiles the code into a locked down product
for which the source code can be made invisible.  If it succeeds in
compiling, then the code is OK - that's the sum total of it.

 

I think that we need to be a little bit careful that we are not left
behind taking the professional high ground, while the rest of the world
has raced ahead courtesy of Web 2.00, and all the program spin-offs from
Web 2.00 that are further enabling it.  Frankly, in this context, dirty
code is irrelevant. It is old thinking.

 

Christine

 

From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Deborah Cross
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:10 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: MS Publisher

 

 

Some Publisher resources are available at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA012079251033.aspx

 

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