> While I fully accept the need to make sites accessible to the widest > audience of people, where is the balance?
I doubt balance will ever be reached (where ever it may lie). Mainly due to accessibility tools (i.e. screen readers, text browsers) constantly playing catchup to technology. Doesn't mean we shouldn't try to achieve it though. > For some people, making the site "accessible" may well mean using some of > the techniques mentioned in James' post (ie. scrollable areas, etc. etc.). > Do we then sacrifice that "accessibility" for an alternative? Do we look > at doing two (or three or four or....) separate sites? Just to clarify, my example *can* be made accessible by including the table header in the data table (and fixing my shoddy markup). The scrolling effect is pure CSS and can be switched off/ignored by just about every browser and accessibility tool out there. As for the "seperate sites" alternative, well, if you read through the accessibility guidelines you'll find that its an acceptable practice but should only be used as a last resort. Every effort should be made to make your existing content accessible. Anything that cannot be (like using a custom OBJECT) need to be (at the very least) linked to alternate, accessible content (i.e. a plain text write up of what the object does and the information it contains). > What aspects of Cold Fusion can help us to reduce the coding burden, but > increase the "accessibilty" for everyone ? Well, accessibility guidelines focus on the client end. Since CF is server based, there really isn't a whole lot that applies. I guess things like using <CFFORM> which creates all sorts of nasty javascript should probably be avoided (or at least backed up with server side validation). cheers, _______________________ James Silva Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: +61 02 9956 6388 Fax: +61 02 9956 8433 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.gruden.com _______________________ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
