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From: Michael Goddard
Date: Sep 10, 2001 6:43AM

Ben,
Thank you for that information regarding the "image" and "link", I did not
know that! The main reason for my creating a text only version is just to
be on the safe side. I really am trying to make this entire site accessible
for the fact that Goodwill Industries services are mainly geared for the
disabled.
Thank you for your positive feedback and suggestion. It is greatly
appreciated!
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of
Ben Caldwell
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:28 PM
To: 'WebAIM forum'
Subject: RE: Text Only Version

Hi Michael,
Out of curiosity, was there a particular accessibility reason you decided to
go with an alternative text only page? I didn't see anything out of the
ordinary at http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/ that would lead me to believe
text-only would be necessary to ensure accessibility. Unless dynamically
updated when the default version of a page changes, text-only pages are
often neglected over time and are time consuming to create and maintain.
For more information on this topic, see
http://www.w3.org/1999/05/WCAG-REC-fact#text.
On another note, in skimming through the code on the graphics page, I
noticed that you use the words "image" and "link" in many of your alt
attributes. Most screen readers announce both automatically (in some cases
audio cues like a change in voice or pitch are used to indicate that you are
on a link), so use of these words in the alt attributes is not necessary.
Hope this helps,
-Ben
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-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of
Michael Goddard
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:07 AM
To: WebAIM forum
Subject: Re: Text Only Version
Thank you both Beth and Lisa for your suggestions. I have did some changes
to the headers (no underlines) and added some color and depth to the
horizontal rules which will hopefully stand out a bit better.
Thank you once again for your suggestions and time.
Michael
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From: "Cohen, Lisa A." < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM forum'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: Text Only Version

> Hi Michael,
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> Just one opinion - I think it looks pretty good, and those colors (which
are
> fairly high contrast) seem fine.
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> One thing I wondered though: Do you think you might use a wider underbar
> under your headers, to help differentiate (I was thinking of a user with
low
> vision using magnification) between simple underlines and hot links?
>
> Lisa
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Goddard [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:44 AM
> To: WebAIM forum
> Subject: Text Only Version
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> I am creating a text-only version of a web site and I am wondering if I
> should use colors within the headers or should I just keep everything
simply
> black and white?
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> Here is a sample that I am working on...
> http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/index_txt.html
>
> This is basically my first attempt in creating a text only version and
> wanted to at least differentiate headings etc..
>
> Thank you for any input and suggestions.
>
> Michael
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