I was actually a judge for the AIMIA awards and it was interesting going
through the judging criteria. Accessibility and Usability were judged
together, I think for a total of 15 or 20 points.
The first thing I looked at was the code on all the sites - out of the 5
sites I was judging, 4 of them
What about W3C validation especially for business.gov.au 60 HTML
errors, meta tags, alt tags?
I haven't worked on the business.vic.gov.au site since early 2006, but at
the time it had almost perfect validation. There were some errors still
remaining in various pockets of content transferred
On 1/24/07, Cheryl Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I did write a lot of comments about it though so hopefully these comments
will make it back to the site owners. It's just such a shame that in 2006
(when the judging was done) the majority of companies are still so unaware
of accessibility
AIMIA is traditionally very multimedia-based rather than web-based,
which influences the types of entries, I think. In previous years it's
always been the Flash-driven and very flashy sites that have won over
the usable and accessible.
So true - I wanted the usable accessible sites to win in
So indicative of the fine line between good design and good
business, which often do not seem to take notice of each other until
someone truly inspired gets a chance to make an impression on the
delivery method. True online accessibility must also be visually
appealing, while
[...] Nothing bugs me more than a super-cool looking site that shows off the
ability of the artist who built it, yet does nothing for the idea, product
or service it promotes.
Art for art's sake is fantastic. Businesses need more.
Noah
But any design without art, feeling and emotions
Quoth Noah at 01/24/07 11:10...
Nothing bugs me more than a super-cool looking site
that shows off the ability of the artist who built it, yet does nothing
for the idea, product or service it promotes.
Or, of course, breaks the law. Accessibility is a legal requirement in
Australia[1],
Quoth Milosz A. Lodowski - New Media Designer at 01/24/07 11:32...
But any design without art, feeling and emotions is trivial and boring
We can be artistic and accessible, and need to prove it time and time
again to dispel the myth that accessible is ugly. Artists and techies
can work
We can be artistic and accessible, and need to prove it time and time
again to dispel the myth that accessible is ugly. Artists and techies
can work together - I've done it before AND we were still talking to each
other at the end ;-)
--
Matthew Smith
Of course Matthew - You've got right
It's really the only way to go if you want to deliver true value to
your clients and provide forward-thinking results on the cutting edge.
Anybody can make pretty pictures; true value is in making those
designs do more than just look good.
Noah
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Quoth Noah at 01/24/07 11:10...
Nothing bugs me more than
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Nothing bugs
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No Andreas
http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/AustWeb.html
Asfar as I know accessibility compliance is a requirement for every new govt
website project that is out for tender.
Yes that is right. I am involved at the moment of a redesign of a gov website
and we have to create the website to cover level 3 standards...
They are flawed and stay flawed everyday. Get real Andreas.
Everyone please take a deep breath and calm down. We are all on the same
side. No need for friendly fire. :)
Russ
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No Andreas
http://www.hereticpress.com/Dogstar/Publishing/AustWeb.html
Australian gov websites are not tested for accessibility before they
are launched.
I am sure there are lots of people on this list that will disagree
It's interesting that under the Childrens section, Click Suite has picked up
awards for both Moa and Survivor. Both produced by Click Suite (an NZ
agency) and Te Papa (the New Zealand museum)
This is for the Australian Interactive Media Awards!
Is this another case of Australia trying to steal
I've just started working for the company responsible for one fo the
finalists (the Pioneer site). I've only been here a week, though, so I can't
take any kudos for it other than vicarious ones. ;)
I have to admit, I've noticed that very thing about the sites that I've been
playing with here
Yeah I was involved in 2
http://www.business.vic.gov.au - I did the accessibility audits for
this site for iFocus
http://www.actnow.com.au/ - I created the HTML templates for this
site for Massive
With regard to accessibility not being an issue, it was a big issue
for the Business Vic
On 23/01/07, Jeffery Lowder - Accessibility 1st
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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
But Jeffery, Lachan and Seona et al,
What about W3C validation especially for business.gov.au 60 HTML
errors, meta tags, alt tags?
I just completed a brief review of a small sample of AIMIA winners for
W3C validation, the few I tested did not validate!
The McFarlane awards had better standards
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