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Re: Fwd: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility draft available

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Jun 6, 2013 1:08PM

Just a quick review and dashed notes
WOW! a heap of work. nicely done.

Page title: you mention checking with WAT toolbar in IE...need a link and
what is WAT?
Alt text (or anywhere in the page): need links to all mentioned toolbars
Also, FF toolbar??? - which one - the one from UIUC, or Pendrick
developers, or ???
+1 Wave is linked!!

in section: To practice checking alt text in BAD - what is BAD (I know, but
newbies won't), make the link provided active

Color/Contrast
channeling Jared's <rant>!!! can we have an example of wretched grey text
on a white background. Folks forget that grey and white are colors and may
not think to check it.

zooming
if you control+ in FF the images also get bigger. IE can change text size
only (but with limits) main menu - view>text size
in windows with wheel mouse, can zoom using control and mouse wheel
(forward for larger, backward for smaller)

keyboard access and visual focus
a test page would be useful
you need to describe "visual focus" - something like "usually seen as a
dotted rectangle surrounding a link. "
Visual focus is jargony

Jim


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Sharron Rush < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> The Education and Outreach Working Group at the WAI of the W3C has been
> working on ways to help people (including those with few technical skills)
> make a quick and easy assessment of web accessibility. We would appreciate
> your feedback. The description and links to the (very rough) draft are in
> the message below. Thanks!
>
> Best,
> Sharron
> --------------------------------
> Sharron Rush
> Executive Director | Knowbility.org | www.knowbility.org
> *Equal access to technology for people with disabilities *
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility draft available
> Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:31:36 +0000
> Resent-From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:31:18 -0500
> From: Shawn Henry < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WAI Interest Group < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>
> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
> Some times you want to quickly assess if a web page addresses
> accessibility. Some times people without accessibility expertise want to
> know if a web page addresses accessibility.
>
> For these situations and more, WAI is drafting a new document:
> *Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility*
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/**preliminary<
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary>;
>
> It provides simple steps for anyone who can use the web; no accessibility
> knowledge or skill is required. The checks cover just a few accessibility
> issues and are designed to be quick and easy, rather than definitive.
>
> We welcome your suggestions and comments on this draft. You can send them
> to the publicly-archived mailing list:
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your
> comments.
> Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid
> cross-postings where possible.
>
> Regards,
> Shawn Henry, EOWG Chair
>
>
>
>
> -----
> Shawn Lawton Henry
> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
> e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> phone: +1.617.395.7664
> about: http://www.w3.org/People/**Shawn/ <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>;
> > > >



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Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
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