[access-uk] Re: New BBC news website goes live today
- From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:39:14 +0100
Hi
I get the rss feeds from the news and technology pages and today there were a
whole bunch of oldish stories as well as some new ones.
Guess it may take a while for it to settle down.
BTW safari 5 has a handy new reader button that cuts out all the spurious links
and ads making the reading experience much nicer.
Cheers
G
From glorious Devon, England.
On 14 Jul 2010, at 11:21, Damon Rose wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> The new BBC website went live this morning. From a screenreader perspective
> the layout will look pretty much the same with a bit more detail.
>
> The word 'New' appears after stories that have just been put on the site.
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> There are a good few many more headings on the page meaning that you can get
> a good sense of most of the page by toggling with your H key.
>
> There are a few places where you see some unusual things like Africa is a
> heading level 3, and on the line below that you have Africa as a heading
> level 4. I suspect there is some kind of image or bar or something in between
> the two for those blessed with sight but looks a little weird in a
> screenreader. I'll be feeding this back.
>
> I fancy the page might be a little more sluggish but then my entire computer
> is acting sluggish today so I can't tell. I fear there may be a little more
> Flash or java on the page now, weighing jaws down.
>
> …Damon
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> Damon Rose
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