I think it is pretty good. But one slight irony/anomaly - the 'low vision' link is in pretty small font. Took me a while to find it... <notetoself>time for new glasses prescription</notetoself>
jim On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Jens-Uwe Korff<jko...@fairfaxdigital.com.au> wrote: > Hi all, > > I believe making sites accessible is very important. > > We are all used to ramps near stairs, lifts near escalators, lowered curbs at > intersections. We need to get used to "baking in" time into our projects for > accessible elements. > > Such elements are hidden headings (to aid semantics), skip links (to aid > navigation), non-Javascript styles (to enable interaction with all content) > and also high-contrast style sheets for vision-impaired users. > >> I don't believe that integrating accessibility into a project adds a >> significant cost to a project anyway. > > I found that some of these elements take quite some time to integrate. > Creating high-contrast CSS can take up to a day (or more if you're new to > it), non-Javascript states usually more than an hour because you also have to > edit the script. > > If you haven't considered accessibility in your company before you'll find > that a lot of time goes by convincing the backing parties (Product Managers, > Project Managers) to take it on board. > > For an example of a high-contrast version may I suggest to check out the > Sydney Morning Herald's Travel section (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/). Click > on "Low vision" in the navigation bar (We're going to replace "low vision" > with "high contrast" since the former can be perceived as discriminatory). > The styles you see then have been developed together with a vision-impaired > person. > > They're not pretty, but usable. > > The biggest challenge with this kind of CSS is to keep up with development > and remind oneself to update the code. It's not perfect, but it's a start. > > Cheers, > > Jens > The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying files > is or may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, > dissemination, reliance, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail or > any attached files is unauthorised. This e-mail is subject to copyright. No > part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the written > consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this e-mail in error > please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail or telephone and delete > all copies. Fairfax does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any > information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet > communications are not secure, therefore Fairfax does not accept legal > responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files. > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > -- _________________ Jim Croft ~ jim.cr...@gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://www.google.com/profiles/jim.croft ... in pursuit of the meaning of leaf ... ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
