Hi Jarod, thank you for your reply. When I talk about Universal Design I mean something that Wikipedia explains very well as "a broad-spectrum solution that helps everyone, not just people with disabilities. Moreover, it recognizes the importance of how things look. For example, while built up handles are a way to make utensils more usable for people with gripping limitations, some companies introduced larger, easy to grip and attractive handles as feature of mass produced utensils. They appeal to a wide range of consumers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design So testing a web service with a blind user is just the first step. We will then proceed testing the service with users with other kind of sensory-motor disabilites. Our stop-point with the blind user was when the user was supposed to personalize the page. The fact that in LR blind users are not able to personalize the page was seen as not essential to the interaction with the page itself. My question is rather this is true or not. And, to push it farer, rather we should, as universal designer, draw an environment that has different starting point than those we have. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36122 ________________________________________________________________ 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
