On 23/01/07, Jeffery Lowder - Accessibility 1st
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wrote:
http://www.business.vic.gov.au - I did the accessibility audits for
this site for iFocus
I worked on this one for iFocus too. My job was working out how to fix the
things that the accessibility testing found. As well as some issues with
delivering compliant HTML within the chosen CMS and, eventually, reworking
the templates to comply to AA (if I recall correctly, the initial build was
CSS-based, but not standards-compliant and certainly not AA). And various
other consulting as required ;)
Some components from the build were even discussed on this list in 2005. I
believe it was something to do with the Quicklinks module in the righthand
column. By default, it's an unordered list, but JS converts it into the
dropdown box that the client wanted
With regard to accessibility not being an issue, it was a big issue
for the Business Vic website and they went through many iterations
until they had AA covered off, its been a while and I haven't looked
at it recently but it did pass at the time.
It was a big, long, heavy-duty project and extremely focused on delivering a
standards-compliant accessible usable site. Unfortunately, semantics didn't
play as large a role in the business requirements as I would have liked, but
given the project constraints it came out pretty well, I think. It no longer
validates holus-bolus, but it's still close
As for the why's and how's of the list, Kat, you need to consider the
circumstances:
- Sites must be submitted for consideration, so there are always going to
be great sites out there that aren't included.
- The awards are intended to focus on 'digital content innovation'
- 15 points out of 100 are assigned to usability and accessibility
(although they do ask that websites conform to Priority 1, which I think is
a positive step if not as much as I'd like personally)
- 15 further points are assigned to technical expertise which looks like it
could cover standards-compliance, but in no way suggests it
(details from http://www.aimia.com.au/i-cms?page=912)
Rightly or wrongly, the AIMIA awards are not intended to focus on things
such as standards-compliance. Given the focus on innovation, some would
argue that this is a good thing. Personally, I'm glad that there is at least
some consideration given to accessibility and usability
And, if you look at the judges list, you'll probably recognise the names of
at least some people from our community out there, fighting the good fight!
http://www.aimia.com.au/i-cms?page=2567
And I'm spent
Lachlan Hardy
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