[WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Cole Kuryakin - x7m
I've never tried testing my code for accessibility before but I'm becoming more interested in the topic.After some web-research, I've found a mountian ofinformation/guidelines/priority checkpoints (etc., etc.) to wade through and consider. My eyes are glazing over.

Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Shane Shepherd
Cole, This is my first time to reply to anything on the list, so I hope I am doing it correctly:) I recommend Constructing Accessible Web Sites published by glasshaus. This book focuses on the Section 508 Standards and the WAI, but filters all the legalese. It also gives code examples and

Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Cole Kuryakin - x7m
mentioned? Cole - Original Message - From: Shane Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers Cole, This is my first time to reply to anything on the list, so I hope I am doing

Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread James O'Neill
Cole The real trick is to understand what the specification means and why it says what it says. There has always been disputes about the validity of an automated tester saying 'Yes this site is compliant'. You can code a terrible page that will pass an automated test. It is important to code in

RE: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Rowena Padel
privately. Rowena From: Cole Kuryakin - x7m [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 April 2005 13:02 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers I've never tried testing my code for accessibility before but I'm becoming more interested in the topic.After

RE: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Patrick Lauke
http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/ -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rowena PadelSent: 13 April 2005 16:49To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.orgSubject: RE: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers Hi Cole I really cant

Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Kornel Lesinski
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:48:46 +0100, Rowena Padel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Cole I really can't remember where I got it, but I have a pdf file called Dive into Accessibility that is freely distributable under a GNU Free Documentation license. I found it a brilliant description of the what, why

RE: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Rowena Padel
Thats where I got it from then! ;-) From: Patrick Lauke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 April 2005 16:58 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers http://www.diveintoaccessibility.org/

Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Shane Shepherd
: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers Cole, This is my first time to reply to anything on the list, so I hope I am doing it correctly:) I recommend Constructing Accessible Web Sites published by glasshaus. This book focuses on the Section 508

RE: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Shane Shepherd
privately. Rowena _ From: Cole Kuryakin - x7m [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 April 2005 13:02 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers I've never tried testing my code for accessibility before but I'm becoming more interested

Re: [WSG] Automated accessibility testers

2005-04-13 Thread Daisy
A few more useful articles/sites: Big, Stark Chunk - article by Joe Clark on how to use CSS to automatically redesign and reorder your Web site for low-vision people http://www.alistapart.com/articles/lowvision/ Building accessible websites http://joeclark.org/book/ (buy the book or read it