Hi all,
This is why when discussing accessibility of web pages that the logical
arrangement of a page is so important. A page may be accessible, all
links labeled, have the right contrasting colors and so on, but it can
still be inaccessible if it is not arranged logically.
I understand that one of Bookshare's major percentage of users are k-12
kids. this is fine, and is probably the reason why all these kids'
books awards are listed before the NY Times. If I were arranging the
Browse page, I would do it something like this.
First I would have one to five headings at level one which talked about
major categories for browsing. : Browse By Author, Browse by Category,
most popular, and at the top, New books. Finally, I'd have Book
Awards. Under Book Awards, I'd put NY Times first, then Newbury, Then
Nebula and whatever other awards for genre writing. Under that I'd
have a heading called Education Award where I'd put Jane Adams and
National Education Awards. This arrangement makes logical sense, and
can be navigated easily. As it is, the whole Browse page is
inaccessible; not because of physical reasons, but because of logical
arrangement.
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
EMAIL: akp@sero.email
Author of The Demmies: http://www.dldbooks.com/annparsons/
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Not all those who wander are lost."
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