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| Posted By: Bob Hoffmann Posted On: Jul 29, 2002 Views: 297 | Walking on water easier than walking on 508 I said yes, I comply with 508, but everybody saying "Yes" had an unstated parenthetical: "To the best of my knowledge and ability." I suspect that there are very, very few people who truly and "completely" understand accessible design. |
| Posted By: Victoria Clare Posted On: Jul 29, 2002 Views: 292 | RE: Walking on water easier than walking on 508 I am, however, constantly amazed by the number of people who just don't *think* about things like specifying font sizes by pixel, or distinguishing background from text sufficiently. We have an aging population. Not everyone knows someone who is blind, but surely there can't be many people who don't know someone who is old! must be applied here. I hate browser sniffing |
| Posted By: Michael Gordon Posted On: Jul 30, 2002 Views: 285 | RE: Walking on water easier than walking on 508 If walking on water refers to the mind boggling attempt to figure out the true depth of the government's intent and adhearing to all the rules and regulations, then the answer is "for the most part we write our pages to 508 standards". It is not difficule to make your web pages accessible to handicapped users, it really makes common sense and makes your web pages appear more consistant accross different browsers and operating systems. |
| Posted By: Rachel Maxim Posted On: Jul 31, 2002 Views: 277 | RE: Walking on water easier than walking on 508 I second that. Although I would not say I "comply" with 508 100%, I do use a lot of the principles just because I believe they are good practices and make for better web browsing in general. Unfortunately, accessibility is not a priority for my boss who would rather me focus my energy on "pretty graphics." I still use things like text links and alt attributes, specify image dimensions, and use correct structural markup (using H tags for headers, etc.) not only because they improve accessibility, but because they improve search engine rankings and cross-browser compatibility. |
| Posted By: Michael Gordon Posted On: Jul 31, 2002 Views: 270 | RE: Walking on water easier than walking on 508 Rachel, I use one other attribute in my HTML coding where ever I can, and I use it very wisely, the "Title" attribute. IE and Netscape 6 and 7 display the Title text as tool tips the way they were supposed to in the beginning. Prior to IE 6 and Netscape 6 and 7 we used the "Alt" attribute as a type of tool tip for images and buttons, but now you can use both to cover all browser versions. A plus for the Title attribute is that search engines look for this like they look for Alt attributes and Michael |