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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Sep 8, 2014 3:28PM

Not sure where to jump in. When Bryan posted this, I disagreed with him
with this test being accessible to all. Here's why : My parents have a poor
internet connection, their computer is decent. Sites like Facebook can take
a minute plus to load. So clicking on this link, and getting a blank page
is nothing new. But won't they see the wheel not spinning? Nope, tried
explaining that to my mom before, got no where. I would give her about 5
minutes before just giving up, with the assumption of her net being dumb.
Would that be considered accessible? I'd say no, because some would know
the page is supposed to be blank, and others wouldn't. Wouldn't this be a
violation of a core WCAG Principle?

Another example is a person who came into my workplace who'd at times get
visibly upset at times when a page take a while to load. I won't say his
disability, but he would then analyze why somebody would put up a blank
page online. After a while he may get the joke.


--
Ryan E. Benson

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> "do web accessibility professionals have a sense of humour?"
>
> It appears not.
>
> Sad, really.
>
> Denis Boudreau recently asked "A question for y'all this morning: why
> do you think people feel that web accessibility is so hard?"
> (https://twitter.com/dboudreau/status/508275085942464512)
>
> Here's why I think it is so hard: because accessibility people expect
> perfection and they're so willing to name and shame people who aren't
> perfect. Accessibility people are constantly fighting among each
> other and looking for stuff to complain about.
>
> Bryan tried posting something humorous. Yeah, it was off-topic for the
> mailing list, but who cares? I'd rather see humor on WAI-IG than
> another idiotic debate about whether everything needs to work on Lynx
> or not.
>
> People need to stop looking around every corner for the next thing
> that offends them and start looking for real, tangible, impactful ways
> to advance accessibility into the mainstream.
>
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Jennison Mark Asuncion
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Once again, WebAIM has done great work and has published salary and
> > other useful insights into working in digital accessibility. Results
> > of their summer survey are here
> > http://webaim.org/projects/practitionersurvey/
> >
> > I also came across this piece and thought I'd share it. The '100%
> > accessible website' joke--do web accessibility professionals have a
> > sense of humour?
> >
> http://www.accessiq.org/news/w3c-column/2014/09/the-100-accessible-website-joke-do-web-accessibility-professionals-have-a
> >
> > Jennison
> > > > > > >
>
>
> --
>
> Karl Groves
> www.karlgroves.com
> @karlgroves
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves
> Phone: +1 410.541.6829
>
> Modern Web Toolsets and Accessibility
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uq6Db47-Ks
>
> www.tenon.io
> > > >