The fact that the text-only version fails basic checkpoints is very disappointing however. I don't know about the rest of you but I certaily let them know my feelings via email.
Strength in numbers and all that. There's been a lot of MM propaganda around of late with regards to high-profile sites. Reading between the lines, which isn't that hard in this case, simply tells me that MM are desperate to show that Flash CAN be accessible...if you have enough money, time and desire to bother. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Felicity Farr Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 10:33 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] JK Rowlings and Accessibility I love the attitude of the big players...provide a text alternative and it's instantly accessible. It's a great message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terrence Wood Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 10:25 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] JK Rowlings and Accessibility AFAIK the flash portion of this site was developed with the help of MM to make it accessible for screen readers. They *do* offer a text-only version so yes, they can claim to be accessible. kind regards Terrence Wood. Felicity Farr said: > Read the article: > http://www.lightmaker.com/company/index.cfm?section=latest_news&press_id > =26 > > Does anyone else have a problem with these guys saying that > http://www.jkrowling.com/ is accessible? > > It fails Priority 1 > It fails html validation > > And unless I have Javascript enabled I can't even access the > 'accessibility enabled version' I can only access a text version > (disgusting!). > > http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/ > > http://www.jkrowling.com/accessible/en/ > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
