That's a fantastic idea actually... taking the common practice of progressive enhancement a step further, so that the "enhancements" aren't just about making things prettier/fun/fluid, but also about making things work better for different groups of people. this seems like a really great approach, as long as there is technical support for it in the software clients.
the other issue with accessibility on the web is software manufacturers... I think somebody already mentioned this but it didn't seem to get that much attention. there's no reason that enhanced javascript/css/etc couldn't be supported in an accessible way, it just isn't. i'm not sure why the current batch of accessibility software (screen readers being the most common) are so far behind today's browsers. maybe there's a legitimate reason that i don't know about.. but from what i've seen they're just way behind. it seems to me that if screen readers supported javascript at the same level as modern browsers, and coders put a little more effort into adding the appropriate alt and title attributes, and markup structure, we'd be much further ahead. On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:43:50, pauric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Exogeny design approach focuses the core design on the essential, > the core set of requirements, not the largest marketshare. Instead of > chasing the 'focus group' or marketing driving target userbase you > work off all people being equal. Pull out the common requirements > from all your personas, build, then add in individual considerations. > -- Matt Nish-Lapidus work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.bibliocommons.com -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.nishlapidus.com ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
