[access-uk] Re: Announcement - AccessibleNews for IE launched!
- From: Gaurang Kanvinde <gaurangrk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:59:04 +0530
Hello friends!
As Graham has rightly said, the AccessibleNews Plug in does actually rearrange
the web page. However this is not done merely on the basis of content, but in
fact, it is done based on the layout, etc as designed by the author.
As you all know, sighted people do not face problems while reading websites
even if they are not designed according to Accessibility guidelines. The plug
in makes use of this very fact to determine the intended sequence of reading
the web page. It then re organises the page, and presents this sequence to the
screen reader. The concepts used for achieving this are universal and hence
they always work.
Thus, the plug in presents the website "correct side up", instead of merely linearising as currently done by screen readers. This significantly improves the usability of the Internet, and makes the Internet simple to use, as it should be!
Of course, this is not to say that Accessible Guidelines are redundant. But the
Plug in comes to the rescue when such guidelines are not followed, as is the
cased with most, if not all, websites.
I would recommend you to use the Plug in yourself, and form an opinion based on
first hand experience!
Regards,
Gaurang.
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From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - AccessibleNews for IE launched!
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:07:14 +0100
from looking at the site it seems that the program reorganises information so
that what you want is at the top of the page and navigation and stuff is
underneath. This technology is often not foolsafe as it's a case of trying to
guess which is content and which is not. This can really only be done by
analysing code and again we get down to the old issue of how well is the page
written?
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