[WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?
Hi all, I recently had some problems with the Myki website (I like to use the keyboard to navigate - they don't make it easy!), which prompted me to visit the site's accessibility page. http://www.myki.com.au/Home/Accessibility/Accessibility/default.aspx There, they make a claim about their efforts to reach WCAG AA compliance. Ever pedantic, I ran a few checks over the site, and found many errors that would indicate that this simply isn't so. In fact only one of the five pages I tested actually passed! Does it have to wait for someone to bring an action against them, or is there some other sort of trigger that can be used to prompt them to action? After all, this isn't just some business selling widgets, it's a public transport ticketing system! -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com ~~~ * ~~~ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?
Hi Andrew :) I have a bit of a peeve with the Myki site, too... a lot in fact. When the site was launched I had a bit of a poke around the source and found it to be a pretty low-effort job, so not surprised about your findings. Glad you looked into this. I'd suspect the Metlink site has similar failings. Considering that it's public transport, I'd also expect a mobile optimised site and/or web app to manage account. I've finally found an app (on android, possibly iOS too) called MyUsage that can at least retrieve my Myki (amongs many other services) balance easily. Istvan On 4 September 2011 21:51, Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com wrote: Hi all, I recently had some problems with the Myki website (I like to use the keyboard to navigate - they don't make it easy!), which prompted me to visit the site's accessibility page. http://www.myki.com.au/Home/Accessibility/Accessibility/default.aspx There, they make a claim about their efforts to reach WCAG AA compliance. Ever pedantic, I ran a few checks over the site, and found many errors that would indicate that this simply isn't so. In fact only one of the five pages I tested actually passed! Does it have to wait for someone to bring an action against them, or is there some other sort of trigger that can be used to prompt them to action? After all, this isn't just some business selling widgets, it's a public transport ticketing system! -- Andrew Harris and...@woowoowoo.com http://www.woowoowoo.com ~~~ * ~~~ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] accessibility statements... what are they worth?
On Sep 4, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Andrew Harris wrote: Hi all, I recently had some problems with the Myki website (I like to use the keyboard to navigate - they don't make it easy!), which prompted me to visit the site's accessibility page. http://www.myki.com.au/Home/Accessibility/Accessibility/default.aspx There, they make a claim about their efforts to reach WCAG AA compliance. Ever pedantic, I ran a few checks over the site, and found many errors that would indicate that this simply isn't so. In fact only one of the five pages I tested actually passed! Does it have to wait for someone to bring an action against them, or is there some other sort of trigger that can be used to prompt them to action? After all, this isn't just some business selling widgets, it's a public transport ticketing system! -- The site claims WCAG 1.0 AA compliance. If I'm not mistaken, keyboard navigation is not included in WCAG 1.0. The site (whoever wrote the accessibity statement) may be confused it with access key navigation. If I were a user of this site, I would write email to suggest the site needs upgrade to WCAG 2.0 AA comformace, it probably gets ignored, but if more users write in it will bring the attention. tee *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] ebook.epub markup and device compatiblity as well as web standards concern
I find that Sigil (http://code.google.com/p/sigil/) provides a smoother experience of creating or editing epubs than Calibre, although Calibre is a more finished product. On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:47 PM, tee weblis...@gmail.com wrote: Curious if anyone here has experience with ebook development using epub format that you can share, e.g., common mistake, devices compatibility and accessibility issue. I am in need to make an ebook using the popular epub format, and my research shows that it's basically the same as building a website, using XHTML, CSS, XML etc. Was reading a web related ebook the other day from iPad's ibook, the book has tabular layout and images, because I had the font size enlarged, and this resulted the tabular layout got cut off, which is fine if it can break the row, and display whatever left on the next page. It doesn't, instead bottom part of the text in the row got cut off as it reaches footer, so I set the font size to normal, the table displays more rows but with the same result with bottom part of the text in the last row of the given page got cut off. Similar occurs to images too. It's an ebook from A Book Apart, therefor I assume that with the solid team behinds it, this is not caused by negligence in layout but something that can't overcome. Thanks! tee *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
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