Resource: "What is accessibility?"

This is a very good read for those who want to learn more on accessibility:

http://www.trainingcafe.com/macromed...troduction.asp

Helen

"lime" <nuthin (AT) here (DOT) com> wrote:

This is a very good read for those who want to learn more on accessibility:

http://www.trainingcafe.com/macromed...troduction.asp

No it isn't, and you don't even have to look at the content:

Microfonts
Tables used for layout
Images of text
Fixed width layout
Spacer gifs
Invalid HTML
100% presentational HTML
Not a trace of CSS

The fact that it's written by Macromedia should have been a warning.
They are amongst the most clueless when it comes to web authoring, never
mind accessibility.

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"lime" <nuthin (AT) here (DOT) com> wrote:

This is a very good read for those who want to learn more on accessibility:

http://www.trainingcafe.com/macromed...troduction.asp

No it isn't, and you don't even have to look at the content:

Microfonts
Tables used for layout
Images of text
Fixed width layout
Spacer gifs
Invalid HTML
100% presentational HTML
Not a trace of CSS

The fact that it's written by Macromedia should have been a warning.
They are amongst the most clueless when it comes to web authoring, never
mind accessibility.

So what are you complaining about? The HTML of the site -- or it's
contents?

Clearly the coding doesn't meet your standards, but this doesn't detract
from the overall message.


regards.
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Jake

"lime" wrote:
This is a very good read for those who want to learn more on
accessibility:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/macromed...troduction.asp

Spartanicus writes:
No it isn't, and you don't even have to look at the content:
Microfonts
Tables used for layout
Images of text
Fixed width layout
Spacer gifs
Invalid HTML
100% presentational HTML
Not a trace of CSS
The fact that it's written by Macromedia should have been a warning.
They are amongst the most clueless when it comes to web authoring, never
mind accessibility.

"jake" wrote:
So what are you complaining about? The HTML of the site -- or it's
contents?
Clearly the coding doesn't meet your standards, but this doesn't detract
from the overall message.

That's what I figured.

I think the content is a step in the right direction and would educate
people that have no idea whatsoever when it somes to accessibility.

In message <2sm58jF1ll11oU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de>, lime <nuthin (AT) here (DOT) com>
writes

"lime" wrote:
This is a very good read for those who want to learn more on
accessibility:
http://www.trainingcafe.com/macromed...troduction.asp

Spartanicus writes:
No it isn't, and you don't even have to look at the content:
Microfonts
Tables used for layout
Images of text
Fixed width layout
Spacer gifs
Invalid HTML
100% presentational HTML
Not a trace of CSS
The fact that it's written by Macromedia should have been a warning.
They are amongst the most clueless when it comes to web authoring, never
mind accessibility.

"jake" wrote:
So what are you complaining about? The HTML of the site -- or it's
contents?
Clearly the coding doesn't meet your standards, but this doesn't detract
from the overall message.

That's what I figured.

I think the content is a step in the right direction and would educate
people that have no idea whatsoever when it somes to accessibility.


Sure --although I'd be more inclined to point people towards Jim

Thatcher's Web site, and in particular his tutorial on accessibility and
Section 508.

http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm

Jim is pretty much an accessibility 'guru' -- and the book "Constructing
Accessible Web Sites" which he and others authored is well worth a read
as a follow-up.

regards.

--
Jake