Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-25 Thread James Gollan
Just out of interest Stuart, do you feel that there is a contrast issue in your article heading text? On my screens the bg grey is quite dark. Cheers James Stuart Sherwood wrote: Thanks John, It took a while but the answer I was looking for came along. Thank you! Your web site is very

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-24 Thread Geoff Deering
Stuart Sherwood wrote: Are any of the validation tools: Bobby, Cynthiasays, Watchfire...more respected then the others? Regards, Stuart. You can use any of these, and all of them, but you should combine them with your own knowledge base and common sense. I also use Marc Gueury's HTML

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-24 Thread Focas, Grant
. Grant -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Geoff Deering Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2005 5:02 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities Stuart Sherwood wrote: Are any of the validation tools: Bobby

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-23 Thread David Pietersen
Thank you so much! You just made my life about a million times easier! dp. On 23/08/05, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Pietersen ...tools/techniques for doing the below? Ok, we can validate for: * W3C HTML/XHTML* CSS* WAI* Section 508David,The W3C maintain a useful website

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-23 Thread Damian Sweeney
With cache cleared and connected directly to the internet I started to suspect some dns shenanigans. I get Rick and Peter's behaviour from my home box, but from my work machine I see things differently. Try http://69.93.55.164/topics/userscience/accessibility/ Cheers, Damian On 8/22/05

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-23 Thread Geoff Deering
Stuart Sherwood wrote: Hi All, First, I'd just like to check I understand something correctly. Validation for WAI AAA = WCAG 1.0 Priority 3. Is this correct? Ok, we can validate for: * W3C HTML/XHTML * CSS * WAI * Section 508 And I've recently learnt about accessibility checks

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-23 Thread Vicki Berry
Might be a propagation thing. Try http://69.93.55.164/ for the new site. Vicki. :-) -- Vicki Berry DistinctiveWeb http://www.distinctiveweb.com.au ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Staying on topic (was RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities)

2005-08-23 Thread John Foliot - WATS.ca
Stuart Sherwood wrote: Hi All, If you pass all these test, does this exhaust all accessibility issues or are there more? Stuart, There are also the soft tests - often these deal with areas of cognitive issues, from dyslexia to English as a second or third language, etc. Consider the

Re: Staying on topic (was RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities)

2005-08-23 Thread Geoff Deering
John Foliot - WATS.ca wrote: There are in fact checkpoints under all three Priorities which require brain intervention - they simply cannot be tested mechanically. Try running a page through something like Cynthia says (http://www.cynthiasays.com) will quickly show you what needs to be

Re: Staying on topic (was RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities)

2005-08-23 Thread Geoff Deering
John Foliot - WATS.ca wrote: There are in fact checkpoints under all three Priorities which require brain intervention - they simply cannot be tested mechanically. Try running a page through something like Cynthia says (http://www.cynthiasays.com) will quickly show you what needs to be

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-23 Thread Peter Williams
From: Damian Sweeney Try http://69.93.55.164/topics/userscience/accessibility/ So, there really is a new A List Apart. Hopefully DNS propogation will proceed apace and we can all enjoy the new look and feel :-) -- Peter Williams ** The

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Jason Foss
User testing? On 23/08/05, Stuart Sherwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, First, I'd just like to check I understand something correctly. Validation for WAI AAA = WCAG 1.0 Priority 3. Is this correct? Ok, we can validate for: * W3C HTML/XHTML * CSS * WAI * Section

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread David Pietersen
Hi all, Sorry to be a pain, but I am new to this list. Is there a place somewhere that lists the tools/techniques for doing the below? Ok, we can validate for: * W3C HTML/XHTML * CSS * WAI * Section 508And I've recently learnt about accessibility checks for: * Colour blindness * Contrast *

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Ben Wrighton - StraightForward
Hey Dave, Try looking ingoogle 1st ;) . Ben -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of David PietersenSent: Tuesday, 23 August 2005 2:29 p.m.To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.orgSubject: Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities Hi all, Sorry

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Ben Wrighton - StraightForward
Sorryall, That was meant to be off-list. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ben Wrighton - StraightForwardSent: Tuesday, 23 August 2005 2:53 p.m.To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.orgSubject: RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities Hey Dave

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Williams
From: David Pietersen ...tools/techniques for doing the below? Ok, we can validate for: * W3C HTML/XHTML * CSS * WAI * Section 508 David, The W3C maintain a useful website that has validators for x/html and css. http://validator.w3.org/ http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Damian Sweeney
Hmm, alistapart is back with a funky new design and structure alistapart has many articles on accesibility http://www.alistapart.com/topics/accessibility/ should be: http://www.alistapart.com/topics/userscience/accessibility/ Damian **

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Peter Williams
From: Damian Sweeney Hmm, alistapart is back with a funky new design alistapart has many articles on accesibility http://www.alistapart.com/topics/accessibility/ should be: http://www.alistapart.com/topics/userscience/accessibility/ Damian, Your link gave me a 404. I'm really not sure

RE: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Damian Sweeney
Well, this is curious. I get a 404 for http://www.alistapart.com/topics/accessibility/ and a page full of articles for http://www.alistapart.com/topics/userscience/accessibility/ Can anyone break this deadlock? Damian From: Damian Sweeney Hmm, alistapart is back with a funky new

Re: [WSG] Accessibility, the possibilities

2005-08-22 Thread Rick Faaberg
On 8/22/05 10:18 PM Damian Sweeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this out: I get a 404 for http://www.alistapart.com/topics/accessibility/ Works for me. and a page full of articles for http://www.alistapart.com/topics/userscience/accessibility/ 404 Okay, now everybody immediately clear caches