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From: Alan M. Dalton
Date: Jul 6, 2011 7:57AM

Hi Tim,

That's interesting.

Would a well-designed website with logical navigation and consistent layout
be as easy to use as the accessible apps that you're referring to?

Regards,
Alan.

Alan Dalton
- Accessibility Development Advisor
- Access Officer
National Disability Authority, 25 Clyde Road, Dublin 4, Ireland.
http://www.nda.ie/




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Thinking about my own use of mobile devices, it seems to me that I have a
tendency to use an app to do something rather than use a web site to do
something. If there is both an app and a site that allows you to do the
same thing, I think I tend to use the app rather than the site--unless the
app is not accessible.

I think that might be because accessible apps tend to be easier and quicker
to navigate than sites. Most of the time with sites, I end up having to
scroll or move by elements--like move through multiple headings to get to
the heading I want. On an app, I can just touch the part of the screen
that has the information I want or the field I need to fill out and I'm
there.

I think that is one of the advantages of a touch screen user interface for
the blind. If the UI is consistent, then once you know the app well enough
to know where things are placed on the screen, you can just move straight
to the piece of the UI you want. At least, it works that way for me.