Re: [WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?

2011-09-05 Thread Joseph Ortenzi
HI all whereas accessibility (a.k.a. a11y) is not about web standards, one aspect of it is about conformance with standards, in particular, the parsing of code. So I guess it's OK to talk about it here for a little bit. There are two points to consider here: I just had a look at the myki

[WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?

2011-09-04 Thread Andrew Harris
Hi all, I recently had some problems with the Myki website (I like to use the keyboard to navigate - they don't make it easy!), which prompted me to visit the site's accessibility page. http://www.myki.com.au/Home/Accessibility/Accessibility/default.aspx There, they make a claim about their

Re: [WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?

2011-09-04 Thread Istvan Vincze
Hi Andrew :) I have a bit of a peeve with the Myki site, too... a lot in fact. When the site was launched I had a bit of a poke around the source and found it to be a pretty low-effort job, so not surprised about your findings. Glad you looked into this. I'd suspect the Metlink site has similar

Re: [WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?

2011-09-04 Thread tee
On Sep 4, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Andrew Harris wrote: Hi all, I recently had some problems with the Myki website (I like to use the keyboard to navigate - they don't make it easy!), which prompted me to visit the site's accessibility page.