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Re: StudyWiz homepage does not meet WCAG guidelines

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From: Tim
Date: Jun 16, 2007 9:00PM

It seems to be based on Javascript but it has no alternative noscript
element.
There are no details on compliance with WCAG on their website
Studywiz webpages don't give me much confidence failing WCAG 1.0
.
Missing alt tags in the Studywiz homepage
element: img with the deprecated attribute: border
Anchor elements using the same link phrases
Missing Labels for forms
No language defined

W3C validation errors 430!
http://www.studywiz.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/
StudywizDEVSTUDYWIZPortal.woa/1/wa/page?
pid=135&wosid=MHBiOtKBMc9CgDwuvEj5XM

I hope that their learning software is better made than their webpages.
Australians can be hyper sensitive to W3C validation or WCAG
accessibility criticism which is never considered at the design stage
and then they want to shoot critics once they have finished making
software that may look great but it is not accessible or in compliance
with Australian Disability discrimination laws, enough of them have
abused me personally for web reviews of Australian University pages.

Studywiz is probably like other e-learning systems, sold on graphics
and marketing with little attention to accessibility.

Tim



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> Is anyone familiar with a proprietary on-line course management
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> I'm wondering if it meets W3C-WCAG.
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> From: "Peter Krantz" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessibility criteria
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> On 6/15/07, Martin Pistorius < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> I'd really appreciate any input you have.
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> Also, have a look at the Unified Web Evaluation Methodolgy:
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> http://www.wabcluster.org/uwem/
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> It contains a number of accessibility tests and a description on how
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> Peter Krantz
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