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From: A. DeLuca
Date: Sep 10, 2001 6:57AM

Michael -
Just a quick note - there is a typo in the fourth paragraph on the
weboage - "out" should be "our."
Alice DeLuca
9/10/2001 8:32:45 AM, Michael Goddard <michael@tdh-
marketing.com> wrote:
>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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>Ben Caldwell - Web/Information Specialist
>Trace Research & Development Center
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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
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cohen, Lisa A." < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>To: "'WebAIM forum'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:02 PM
>Subject: RE: Text Only Version
>
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>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> Just one opinion - I think it looks pretty good, and those colors (which
>are
>> fairly high contrast) seem fine.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Goddard [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:44 AM
>> To: WebAIM forum
>> Subject: Text Only Version
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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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