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From: Sharron Rush
Date: Thu, Jun 06 2013 12:17PM
Subject: Fwd: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility draft available
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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 *
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Subject: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility draft available
Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:31:36 +0000
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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:31:18 -0500
From: Shawn Henry < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: WAI Interest Group < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED =
phone: +1.617.395.7664
about: http://www.w3.org/People/**Shawn/ <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>;
From: Jim Allan
Date: Thu, Jun 06 2013 1:08PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility draft available
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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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:31:18 -0500
> From: Shawn Henry < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: WAI Interest Group < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED =
> phone: +1.617.395.7664
> about: http://www.w3.org/People/**Shawn/ <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>;
> > > >
--
Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Thu, Jun 06 2013 7:25PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility draft available
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I concur with all Jim's comments.
Zoom:
The text overlap usually happens when the containers have fixed
height/width, versus fluid, and you zoom only text.
Keyboard Access:
The "not Opera" is incorrect in my opinion. You can enable keyboard
support, and use q/a to navigate.
"Check that at the end of the page the focus goes to the top of the page."
<- I would remove this. Depending on what browser, it goes back to the
address bar, then toolbars, then finally the top
"A common problem is that the default focus indicator is turned off in CSS [@@
too jargony?] or elements are styled with borders that overlap or hide the
focus indicator.)" <- Yes too jargony. I would throw this in the footnotes
for this section, then mention how it is various frameworks/reset sheets
that remove it, not automagically just by using CSS.
Multimedia
It would be good to mention that transcripts are usually not acceptable to
use in lieu of captions.
--
Ryan E. Benson
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Jim Allan < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> 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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:31:18 -0500
> > From: Shawn Henry < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> > To: WAI Interest Group < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > phone: +1.617.395.7664
> > about: http://www.w3.org/People/**Shawn/ <
> http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>;
> > > > > > > >
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> > > >