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From: Michael Goddard
Date: Sep 10, 2001 7:58AM

I have not found anything in the guidelines in regards to links opening
within a new window. However I might have missed this. Can anyone provide
any feedback regarding this?
Thank you,
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sara Heine" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: Text Only Version

> I know I'm new to this group, but I have a question about
> your new page http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/. If you
> follow one of the links to a Location such as Akron, then
> the information appears in the middle section. My question
> is the information about Akron contains a link to their
> homepage but following the link opens the page in a new
> window. Isn't that against accessibility guidelines?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sara Heine
> K-State Research and Extension
> www.oznet.ksu.edu
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
> >
> > Date: 7 Sep 2001 19:23:13 -0600
> > From: < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: RE: Text Only Version
> >
> > If the page below is to be used I am impressed. It shows
> that you took a
> > great deal of time and effort to make it accessible and
> it is very well
> > done. In fact I would say "WOW"!
> >
> > Great Job, don t do a text only page, this one is
> terrific!
> >
> > I ran the page at http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/
> through the WAVE
> > and
> > it looks great!
> >
> > Take care and continue the great work....forget the text
> only page, you
> > don
> > t need it in my opinion.
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Mike Burks
> > Webmaster and Public Information Officer
> > www.icdri.org
> >
> > - -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> On Behalf Of
> > Ben Caldwell
> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:28 PM
> > To: 'WebAIM forum'
> > Subject: RE: Text Only Version
> >
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > Out of curiosity, was there a particular accessibility
> reason you decided
> > to
> > go with an alternative text only page? I didn't see
> anything out of the
> > ordinary at http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/ that would
> lead me to
> > believe
> > text-only would be necessary to ensure accessibility.
> Unless dynamically
> > updated when the default version of a page changes, text-
> only pages are
> > often neglected over time and are time consuming to
> create and maintain.
> >
> > For more information on this topic, see
> > http://www.w3.org/1999/05/WCAG-REC-fact#text.
> >
> > On another note, in skimming through the code on the
> graphics page, I
> > noticed that you use the words "image" and "link" in many
> of your alt
> > attributes. Most screen readers announce both
> automatically (in some
> > cases
> > audio cues like a change in voice or pitch are used to
> indicate that you
> > are
> > on a link), so use of these words in the alt attributes
> is not necessary.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > - -Ben
> >
> > - --
> > Ben Caldwell - Web/Information Specialist
> > Trace Research & Development Center
> > email: mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> |
> http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
> > Tel: 608.265.2064 | Fax: 608.262.8848 | TTY: 608.263.5408
> >
> > - -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> On Behalf Of
> > Michael Goddard
> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:07 AM
> > To: WebAIM forum
> > Subject: Re: Text Only Version
> >
> > Thank you both Beth and Lisa for your suggestions. I
> have did some
> > changes
> > to the headers (no underlines) and added some color and
> depth to the
> > horizontal rules which will hopefully stand out a bit
> better.
> >
> > Thank you once again for your suggestions and time.
> >
> > Michael
> > - ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cohen, Lisa A." < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > To: "'WebAIM forum'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:02 PM
> > Subject: RE: Text Only Version
> >
> >
> > > Hi Michael,
> > >
> > > Just one opinion - I think it looks pretty good, and
> those colors
> > (which
> > are
> > > fairly high contrast) seem fine.
> > >
> > > One thing I wondered though: Do you think you might
> use a wider
> > underbar
> > > under your headers, to help differentiate (I was
> thinking of a user
> > with
> > low
> > > vision using magnification) between simple underlines
> and hot links?
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael Goddard [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:44 AM
> > > To: WebAIM forum
> > > Subject: Text Only Version
> > >
> > >
> > > I am creating a text-only version of a web site and I
> am wondering if I
> > > should use colors within the headers or should I just
> keep everything
> > simply
> > > black and white?
> > >
> > > Here is a sample that I am working on...
> > > http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/index_txt.html
> > >
> > > This is basically my first attempt in creating a text
> only version and
> > > wanted to at least differentiate headings etc..
> > >
> > > Thank you for any input and suggestions.
> > >
> > > Michael
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