Re: Team Excellence Award Winner
- From: james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:59:05 -0500
Hi,
None of this stuff was done in a vacuum. There were specifications that
guided Jeff as he built the interface.
I may be wrong, but I think sometimes people build software for others to
use. It may also be that some people are talented at things other people
are not. That may possibly mean that there could possibly be sighted
programmers who are not good designers of GUI's. It may also be that some
people who are blind may be able to imagine a layout well enough to be able
to build one. Laying out web GUI's is nothing more than a matter of simple
math using whole numbers and percentages. If you have a good understanding
of how the CSS box model works, Web is one of the places where you have a
good chance to succeed because it uses pure text rather than mouse
movements.
I'll make sure I open my mind in another forum.
Each of us lives in everyone else's world.
Thanks.
Jim
James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
"Never doubt that a thoughtful group of committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
"Octavian
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In my country there is a very well known yearly contest named Internetics.
Well, most of the sites that get awards in that contest, are horrible from
the point of view of the blind. So a contest only doesn't mean anything.
Please tell us where can we see the web page made by that blind guy, and I
will tell you if a blind person can do it without sighted help.
I've seen many messages on this list telling how cool web pages can a blind
do, with with no single example.
Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:42 PM
Subject: Team Excellence Award Winner
>
> Hi All,
> Where I consult, one of our fellow listers was on a team who won a very
> prestigious award. The team developed a highly visible web application.
> Jeff Fidler designed and coded the GUI interface for the site using HTML,
> CSS and Javascript. He used Section 508 and W3C techniques and the
sighted
> people in the company rave about it.
>
> I write this to urge anyone who thinks that someone who is blind cannot
> design Web interfaces well to keep on trying. You can do it.
>
> Jim
>
> James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
> james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
>
> "Never doubt that a thoughtful group of committed citizens can change the
> world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
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