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From: Elle
Date: Apr 4, 2012 9:53AM

Bevi:

I could not agree with you more about reaching out and educating marketing,
design, and leadership teams at organizations. In my experience, if it's a
brand color, that conversation usually starts way at the top and doesn't
always consider online channels first. Few of them are even aware that
color matters for accessibility. So, when webmasters are given brand
colors to render online, that's when I've seen huge issues with
accessibility.

I'd love to see the accessibility community find a way to engage in these
conversations to promote cross-educational awareness of disabled users'
needs.


Cheers,
Elle




On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bevi Chagnon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Yes and no. The majority of corporate webmasters work directly in (or at
> least very closely with) the marketing department. Because web development
> spans both marketing and IT, this issue should have been addressed by
> someone right from the start.
>
> At the very least, a webmaster should be able to work with the graphic
> design team/marketing department about problems with colors like this one.
> I'm sure there are places and situations where this isn't possible, which
> is
> a shame.
>
> Maybe we need to reach out more to graphic designers, marketing
> departments,
> and others who control a corporation's branding. In this example, it seems
> like a lot of people missed the problem.
>
> --Bevi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Elle
>
> Another point, too. Usually the webmaster doesn't get to define the colors
> used on a website for corporations. So, I rather feel sorry for those who
> are forced to create inaccessible websites due to lack of awareness/concern
> from their leadership.
>
>
> > > >



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