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Re: Fwd: Examples of bad web page designs, for a presentation

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From: Stephan Wehner
Date: Aug 27, 2010 2:03PM

2010/8/27 Birkir Rúnar Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
> Thanks very much for that pointer, and amusing url.
> I am thinking specifically from a blind user accessibility perspective
> (for this particular purpose).
> I am thinking of demoing a few things that look, visually, fine and
> well organized but, because structured html was not used or label not
> correctly applied, completely fail for screen reader users or, at
> best, are majorly confusing.
> I am mostly thinking about tables that are created by tabs or spacing
> rather than the table tag, ditto for a heading, label text located
> directly above or next to a button without being the button label,
> those kind of things.
> The topic is specifically how blind people navigate the web and what
> problems they encounter.

Is facebook a good example?

Stephan


> Thanks
> -Birkir
>
>
> On 8/27/10, Bevi Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> There are several websites devoted to this topic, and the most well-known is
>> http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
>>
>> (I did not make up that URL!)
>>
>> But, what do you mean by "bad design?"
>> -- bad design for accessibility?
>> -- bad visual design & aethestics?
>> -- poor site architecture and organization of the content?
>> -- poor navigation aides?
>> -- failure to communicate the message or mission of the site's owners?
>> -- inaccurate or misleading information?
>>
>> Just curious!
>> --Bevi Chagnon
>>
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