Hi Clive
Many thanks for the below link-I'll look forward to reading the article.
Best wishes
Henry
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 19 August 2015 12:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The meaning of: accessibility.
Hi Derek,
Hoping you can read this. If you say that the message comes to you as blank,
then please can someone else forward it off-list so you can still read the
message.
There is a good article on the difference between usability and
accessibility at:
http://www.apaddedcell.com/what-s-the-difference-between-usability-and-acces
sibility.
A simple Google search on "What's the difference between usability and
accessibility" found it straight away. It seems to confirm the way I've
always perceived the difference between the two terms, which would be:
Accessibility: Can I, my nan and my boss get all the information that is to
be had?
Usability: Ok, so we can get all the information that's available, but can
we get it without losing the will to live in the attempt. I've seen sites
where I could do everything I needed to do, but where everything that could
get in your way and slow you down gets in your way and slows you down. A
classic example is a survey which boldly declared it should only take three
minutes to complete, but because of the over-complicated and cluttered page
layouts and designs would be three quarters of an hour of your life you will
never see again.
You accessed all the information and did what you came to do, but at the
end of the process you wish you hadn't bothered.
Best,
Clive
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Derek Hornby
Sent: 18 August 2015 20:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] The meaning of: accessibility.
Hi All
We often here about accessibility, but what does it really and truly mean?
If one is able to access a web site, does that mean there is no access
problem, or does it depend on how easy it is to access the web site.
If someone can use an iPhone does that mean there is no access problems,
even if the access is not so easy.
My bank offers its customers (the ones that use Braille)
a choice grade 1 or grade 2 Braille.
but if say customers wanted their Braille statements Braille on one side
of brailed page, this is not an option for choice.
Surely given fact grade 1 or grade 2 Braille is a choice, it should not be
difficult to program software to allow for a choice, braile on both sides
of page, on just one side.
Derek
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