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Re: Re[2]: Include default text?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Oct 21, 2004 3:55PM

glenda wrote:
> I can see your point about the accessibility icons. But isn't it somewhat
> similar to establishments putting the wheelchair sticker on the front door?
> As a wheelchair user, it indicates to me that place MAY be more
> wheelchair-friendly than the place next door.

I'd say it's more like putting the wheelchair sticker inside the
wheelchair-accessible toilets....once you're able to get to the WCAG
stickers on the page (thinking more in terms of users with screenreaders
, who may not be able to see the badges at a glance without first
interacting with the site), you may already get a good idea whether or
not a site has been constructed in an accessibility-friendly way.

If at all necessary, I wouldn't be adverse to finding such badges on a
separate accessibility statement page, but not plastered on the front
page of a site (except for the "fizzy good feel nice" effect it gives
the developers and/or site owners)

IMHO, of course...

Patrick H. Lauke
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