Nicholas makes a great point. The best (and only?) way to ensure accessibility is to test with users who make use of assistive technologies (not just screen readers). Here in the US accessibility remains somewhat obscured, I guess we're waiting for the courts to figure out what defines "accessible." Recently Target settled a lawsuit for $6M with the National Federation of the Blind regarding its website. While this does not provide a legal precedent, it is at least an indication of where we're headed. You can read about the settlement here:http://webaim.org/blog/target-lawsuit-settled/
An argument I have used to promote development for accessibility is that the same techniques often make the site/application mobile-friendly. That seems to assuage my designer colleagues to some extent. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
