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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Jan 18, 2002 3:53PM

I took a couple of minutes to look over the site that you mention. I didn't
look at every single page, but from what I can tell, it appears that you
have done an excellent job of paying attention to alt attributes for images.
Well done. This will be of great benefit to those who use screen readers or
similar technologies who cannot see the graphics.

Your site also appears to be navigable with the keyboard only, which will
help several groups of people, including those who cannot use a mouse for
whatever reason (e.g. some motor disabilities, most blind people, etc.)

The pictures and illustrations will be of benefit to those who might have
cognitive disabilities, learning impairments, or reading disorders. Your
illustrations of your pets and other things come to mind here. Of course,
you also have numerous ads and other graphics that don't directly relate to
the page's main content. This may prove a little distracting.

The main thing that I notice is that every page seems to be laid out in a
completely different manner than all of the others. It often helps all
groups of people (those with or without disabilities) when the navigation is
consistently found in the same location, and when there aren't drastic
changes in layout from page to page.

You may want to see an evaluation of your pages by the online validator
called "The WAVE". Here is your home page with the WAVE's feedback:
http://pa-at-loan.org/cgi-bin/wave/wave.pl?&;usestyle=yes&uri=http%3A//www.th
ebicyclingguitarist.net/

The main page for the WAVE is
http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/.

There are links which describe what the various icons mean.

Paul Bohman
Technology Coordinator
WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
www.webaim.org
Utah State University
www.usu.edu