> From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] > On Behalf Of Jason Grant > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 1:06 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessibility does not matter! > > @Matthew Pennell > You are confused with the 'broken wrist' issue. If I have a broken > (right) wrist (I am right handed), I won't be able to use a mouse > (with my right hand). I also won't be able to use keyboard with that > right hand. My choice is to use the mouse or keyboard with the left > hand. So your 'keyboard accessibility' example is highly flawed.
For many people, it is difficult to use the mouse with their other hand. It is even more difficult when a site offers very small clickable areas, pure CSS menus, etc. Things that your intranet users could be facing since you've ignored to implement basic usability/accessibility features. Also, if you can only use one hand, then it is better to keep it on the keyboard rather than switching back and forth between the keyboard and the mouse (you're more productive that way). Anyway, I have another one for you: one of the rep of your company is on the road, he logs to your Intranet to find out that the trackpad on his laptop is busted. What should he do next (beside taking some time off)? > What happens in practice (I can think of a circumstance where a > colleague had a broken wrist at work) is that people take time off > until they recover, since their work performance working with one hand > is usually not good enough to be at work (think of a Project Manager > typing a long report with one hand - it's not going to happen on time > essentially). Let's say that the person injured is a guy who does not use a computer all day, but he's a key player and many people rely on the data he keys in every day. Do you still send this guy home? -- Regards, Thierry | www.tjkdesign.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
