Hello John I can report that our bank, the Halifax, here in the UK, has a totally accessible and very well designed website. They use absolutely no non-standard controls and every aspect of their website, from statements to logging in, to account management and mobile messaging, is totally accessible.
Perhaps that is unusual, but that's how it is. Also Gordon uses VoiceOver and Safari 6 on that site without a problem. It is lacking in some respects, I agree. For instance, it is difficult if not impossible to configure using statement grabbing financial software packages. But in every other respect it is accessible. They also use two levels of validation when you log in; again, each of which is totally accessible. Lynne On 29 Sep 2012, at 18:15, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: Unfortunately, online banking sites are not the best examples to use for accessibility. I don't know of many banks that have really accessible websites, regardless of your platform and browser. The problems is typically that the site is designed browser specific or they hired a company to develop the site who has no idea that blind people can use computers, let alone tie their own shoes. In the past when I was paid to do web accessibility testing, they were always an adventure. For example, I have the opposite issue. Not that I use Chrome any more because I don't like a browser that phones home every hour for reasons Google won't fully disclose, but Chrome misses links and information on the TD Bank online banking site, while Safari does see the links, as does Firefox. The problem is that Safari sometimes crashes on the site and Firefox seems to get stuck at times when loading parts of it. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
