Dear Lachlan,
Having seen the bragging and incorrect claims by AGIMO that they lead
the world by example in e-governance and awards by AGIMO to sites with
many W3C validation errors, I would be very cynical of such claims.
If AGIMO had anything to do with the forms, they will be flawed. They
could have just used labels in both versions, I image the forms will be
full of javascript to check you didn't leave your religion of "Jedi
knight" out of the census.
Who is really pushing the case for accessibile website standards in
Australia, a few individuals only I believe. Does Vision Australia send
out non-compliance notices to companies with bad websites like RNIB do
in the UK. Has Vision Australia taken any action under the DDA 1992
like Americans have against Target?
I am tired of low standards in the Australian government websites and
organisations who do nothing effective to force change. Vision
Australia demand nothing from the government and they get nothing in
return. They like to work with their clients while creating a false
impression internationally that the Australian government is hanging on
their every word. The Australian government could not care less what
Vision Australia does, yet Vision Australia does nothing but let the
status quo continue.
I have a personal grudge against Vision Australia for wasting my time
and not supporting their clients with any real action, I applied for a
job with Vision Australia, was lied to that they were very busy at the
end of the financial year and would get back to me in a month.
Meanwhile they appointed someone else to the position who resigned
after two weeks, then they asked me in for an interview where they took
detailed notes of all my suggestions and then re-advertised the
position probably hoping to find a more compliant personality who will
toe the compliant line at subservient Vision Australia.
Yours Faithfully
Tim Anderson
http://www.hereticpress.com
On 29/07/2006, at 10:51 AM, Lachlan Hunt wrote:
Hi,
Those of you in Australia will know about the upcoming census. This
year they've finally opted to allow the census to be completed online,
and I noticed they've made a few claims about web accessibility [1].
I found the eCensus web site [2] and noticed that instead of making
one form, which is usable by everyone, they've opted to create 2
separate forms. One accessible, the other inaccessible. :-)
I haven't reviewed the entire form yet (I won't be able to get past
the login till I get a form number), but just based on the login form,
they appear to have used <label>s in the accessible version, and
omitted them from the inaccessible version. It'll be interesting to
see what other silly things they've done with the rest of the pages.
[1]
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/home/
2006%20Census:%20eCensus
[2] http://stream0.census.abs.gov.au/eCensusWeb/
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Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
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