> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Budd > Geoff Deering wrote: > > > I'd just like to plug OZEWAI 2004 (http://www.ozewai.org/2004/). It > > would > > be great if people from the Web Standards Group could bring their > > experience > > and expertise to this conference. It's an annual event. > > I think one big problem people associate with accessibility is dull, > circa 1990 style sites. This used to also be the case with web > standards but sites like the zen garden have helped clear up that myth. > To really promote accessibility (to web design firms and clients > anyway) I think we should try and let people know that accessibility > doesn't have to be dull and boring. > > Take the ozewai.org site. It's a great idea and I hope the conference > is a big hit. However looking at it, it's really not dispelling any > myths about accessibility. > > I personally don't have much time at the moment but would be happy to > donate an old design/stylesheet that I'm not using to you guys. > > http://www.andybudd.com/wired_sussex/ > > It's by no means perfect (I'm aware of at least one glitch), but may > help jazz up the site a little. Alternatively somebody out there may > have some spare time on their hands and be willing to help you out with > a new design. Maybe as a portfolio piece? > > > Andy Budd
Andy, I completely agree with you on all the points you make. I said the same thing to Liddy a few years back and offered to fix the site. I spent about a month of nights after work and weekends fixing and going back and forth with Liddy to okay it. When it was finally finished, for some strange reason she took it down and put the old one back. She never explained why. So I never bothered mentioning it again. I don't know, but you could either approach her yourself, or I could try again on behalf of interested people on this list and do a collaborative effort somewhere. If so, do you think it would be better to target the main program when all the submissions and papers are finalised? And I think another point coming out of this is that Accessibility will retain this stigma it has of poor visual interface design (rightly or wrongly) until the real design community gives in a new suit, instead of the op shop clothing it is associated with. Geoff ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
