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From: Erika Noll Webb
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 11:40AM
Subject: Examples of very inaccessible websites
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Anyone have some good examples of very Inaccessible websites they can think
of? I'm looking for websites that are commercial and visually "pretty" but
that are really difficult to use for a demonstration I'm giving next week.
I have a couple in mind but thought you all might have some better ones.

Thanks,

Erika Webb

From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 11:50AM
Subject: RE: Examples of very inaccessible websites
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> Anyone have some good examples of very Inaccessible websites
> they can think of? I'm looking for websites that are
> commercial and visually "pretty" but that are really
> difficult to use for a demonstration I'm giving next week.
> I have a couple in mind but thought you all might have some
> better ones.

Here's one I just came across this week:

http://marlboro.com/

It's completely inaccessible to anyone using Firefox as they used an
IE-only script to redirect folks to their home page.

I thought tobacco companies had a few bucks to hire competant web
developers, but I guess not. ;o)

-Darrel

From: Ford, Janet
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 12:00PM
Subject: RE: Examples of very inaccessible websites
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Hi Erika,
Try this one: http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/index.aspx
(Note that if you do find the site map, when you tab through the topics
you jump between categories.)
Janet

From: Shanna Howard
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 12:20PM
Subject: Re: Examples of very inaccessible websites
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They used the American Airlines site in a presentation on accessibility
I went to the other week. It's pretty bad--they had someone who was
visually impaired try to navigate it using Jaws, and there was no way to
figure out how to search for a flight on the home page...

-Shanna

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Anyone have some good examples of very Inaccessible websites they can
think
of? I'm looking for websites that are commercial and visually "pretty"
but
that are really difficult to use for a demonstration I'm giving next
week.
I have a couple in mind but thought you all might have some better
ones.

Thanks,

Erika Webb

From: Joseph O'Connor
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 5:30PM
Subject: Examples of very inaccessible websites
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> From: "Erika Noll Webb" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Examples of very inaccessible websites
>
> Anyone have some good examples of very Inaccessible websites they
> can think
> of?

Erika,

Using the AIS Toolbar as a template, I submit the following sites.

Validation (W3C HTML Validator - 566 errors!):
http://www.target.com

Resize (best at 1024, not fluid):
http://www.origenxbox360.com/

CSS (Disable CSS):
http://www.ebay.com/

Images (ALT Text):
http://www.vanalen.org

Color (required fields in red):
http://www5.mgma.com/ecom/default.aspx?tabid=63

Structure (Linearize):
http://www.gm.com/

Tools (accessibility check):
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/examples/aquaticArtsBad/Index.htm

The cew.wisc.edu site is also a great tool to use when showing examples.

Doc Info (Show DOCTYPE):
http://www.ebay.com/

Source (View Source):
http://www.toolband.com

IE Options (Text Size Largest/Smallest):
http://www.cnn.com/

Joseph O'Connor
CSUN, Manager University Web Communications

From: Joseph O'Connor
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 6:00PM
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From: Joseph O'Connor
Date: Fri, Aug 18 2006 6:10PM
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From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Mon, Aug 21 2006 3:50AM
Subject: Re: Examples of very inaccessible websites
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I've not tested it with JAWS, but for anyone with a low res screen /
someone who is easily distracted or, from personal experience, anyone,
http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/multimedia/nsfmmedia/graphics/edulib/library.html
is pretty confusing & thus inaccessible. (Just try clicking on "Curve
Rendering" under problems if you think it's confusing to start
with...)

Emma

On 8/19/06, Joseph O'Connor < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> > From: "Erika Noll Webb" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Examples of very inaccessible websites
> >
> > Anyone have some good examples of very Inaccessible websites they
> > can think
> > of?
>
> Erika,
>
> Using the AIS Toolbar as a template, I submit the following sites.
>
> Validation (W3C HTML Validator - 566 errors!):
> http://www.target.com
>
> Resize (best at 1024, not fluid):
> http://www.origenxbox360.com/
>
> CSS (Disable CSS):
> http://www.ebay.com/
>
> Images (ALT Text):
> http://www.vanalen.org
>
> Color (required fields in red):
> http://www5.mgma.com/ecom/default.aspx?tabid=63
>
> Structure (Linearize):
> http://www.gm.com/
>
> Tools (accessibility check):
> http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/examples/aquaticArtsBad/Index.htm
>
> The cew.wisc.edu site is also a great tool to use when showing examples.
>
> Doc Info (Show DOCTYPE):
> http://www.ebay.com/
>
> Source (View Source):
> http://www.toolband.com
>
> IE Options (Text Size Largest/Smallest):
> http://www.cnn.com/
>
> Joseph O'Connor
> CSUN, Manager University Web Communications
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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