> -----Original Message----- > From: Terrence Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 1:43 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Cc: Terrence Wood > Subject: Re: [WSG] New front page for http://abc.net.au/ > > > On 4 Aug 2005, at 2:55 PM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > Actually we have done some usability testing with a range > of disabled > > users > > recently. The site we tested did not have any dropdowns, however in > > particular users with hearing disabilities and cognitive > disabilities > > asked > > for dropdowns to be added. > > I wonder why people with hearing disabilities requested dropdowns, is > this result (statistically) valid, or just observed within your group?
Two of the users explained it to me: Some people that were born with a hearing impairment may have had, due to their circumstances, more difficulties in the school environment. So, as I was told, it is not uncommon to find users that were born with a hearing impairment, that have got reading and writing difficulties. This is unrelated to any reading impairment, but simply a side-effect of the school system they went through. Now this is not meant to be a generalisation, I am just repeating what I was told by two of the users who were in that particular situation. But it sounded quite logical to me. So, as a result of this, those particular participants were much more visually oriented than the "average" user. Instead of reading long paragraphs of text, they preferred imagery, illustrations and simple ways to get to their information. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
