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Newsgroups: alt.disability.issues, alt.comp.blind-users
From: "Johnny Winther Ronnenberg" <johnny.wint...@XYZtdcadsl.dk>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:38:33 +0100
Local: Tues, Feb 21 2006 5:38 am
Subject: Re: web design for disabled users
Community Living Chatham-Kent wrote: I entered the site using the tab key instead of getting a look of the > I'm sorry. I don't market Macromedia Flash despite the way it might > have come out -- Toronto has been fairly successful in using it to > give people with intellectual disabilities a chance to build a > communication network for people with disabilities and their families > - the link was posted with my previous post if you want to check it > out. frontpage or time to scroll down, I ended up on a new page. That is not accessibility by any standards ;-( >I also gave examples of how the technology could be applied for Well all texts are imbedded in images, thats not accessibility ;-) > the visually impared (not that it's been done but I know the software > and I know it's possible and not difficult to do). I'm not saying > that it's easily adapted or that there is even alot of content out > there now, but it is indeed possible if specific disabilities are > considered during the web creation process -- that is my evidence. One does implement accessibility for one or another disability. Accessibility is about given all users equal access, whether they are grumpy In accessibility one can not discriminate any one, no group are to small. > I'm not suggesting that Flash will revitalize the web for people with Yes the worst option. > disabilities, but for sites focused on providing information to > people with disabilities, it is certainly an option. >I'll post the I checked it the first time, which where why I reacted. It's inaccessible > link a second time in case you didn't notice it. Cheers! simple as that. I consider it a bit out of line, rude are maybe a more appropriate word here, to present a graphical based website in a group for people with VI. Best regards You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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