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Re: Examples of very inaccessible websites

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From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Aug 21, 2006 3:50AM

I've not tested it with JAWS, but for anyone with a low res screen /
someone who is easily distracted or, from personal experience, anyone,
http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/multimedia/nsfmmedia/graphics/edulib/library.html
is pretty confusing & thus inaccessible. (Just try clicking on "Curve
Rendering" under problems if you think it's confusing to start
with...)

Emma

On 8/19/06, Joseph O'Connor < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > From: "Erika Noll Webb" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Examples of very inaccessible websites
> >
> > Anyone have some good examples of very Inaccessible websites they
> > can think
> > of?
>
> Erika,
>
> Using the AIS Toolbar as a template, I submit the following sites.
>
> Validation (W3C HTML Validator - 566 errors!):
> http://www.target.com
>
> Resize (best at 1024, not fluid):
> http://www.origenxbox360.com/
>
> CSS (Disable CSS):
> http://www.ebay.com/
>
> Images (ALT Text):
> http://www.vanalen.org
>
> Color (required fields in red):
> http://www5.mgma.com/ecom/default.aspx?tabid=63
>
> Structure (Linearize):
> http://www.gm.com/
>
> Tools (accessibility check):
> http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/examples/aquaticArtsBad/Index.htm
>
> The cew.wisc.edu site is also a great tool to use when showing examples.
>
> Doc Info (Show DOCTYPE):
> http://www.ebay.com/
>
> Source (View Source):
> http://www.toolband.com
>
> IE Options (Text Size Largest/Smallest):
> http://www.cnn.com/
>
> Joseph O'Connor
> CSUN, Manager University Web Communications
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