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November 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
jaqui

Website Accessibility, important? or not?

by jaqui . Updated 17 years, 8 months ago

It’s no secret that I think it is important to make websites accessible by ALL.

Tonight, I had dinner with someone who requires assistive technologies when working with computers. He uses screen readers.

hmm, the oddest thing, seems this person has issues with flash, javascript and content that changes while the page is being displayed.
[ like the fun little content tabs at the top of the discussions page, where it rotates through 4 items ]

seems content changing and rich media are not conducive to assistive technology users.

oddly, this person’s favorite browser is lynx. exactly the browser I prefer, for much the same reasons, no frames, no images, no flash, no javascript, no tables.

maybe the PTBs here on TR should look at the mobile site for inspiration to get TR accessible by the visually impaired.

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