[access-uk] Re: Announcement - AccessibleNews for IE launched!
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:56:15 +0100
Hi.
I still don't see why we need it. Because of excellent screen reader
technology, the majority of web sites are now accessible, so I don't feel
this is really needed. It could also discourage potential web designers to
make their sites accessible, on the basis that "there is a plugin that puts
it right, so why should I worry", so I am not really in favour of these
kinds of fixes to correct accessibility problems, I would rather try to get
it fixed at source.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Gaurang Kanvinde
Sent: 24 September 2006 18:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - AccessibleNews for IE launched!
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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