[WSG] Tools or analytics to detect assistive devices

2008-11-19 Thread McLaughlin, Gail
I'm wondering if anybody here knows of a way to use analytics data to help determine a good guess or idea of which users are using screen readers to access data, or having trouble with certain pages (thus making the case for doing usability and accessibility exercises)? Thanks, Gail ***

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread McLaughlin, Gail
There are two people I know of in my company (over 100,000 people) who can see the color red fine in the real world, but cannot read red text , typically error messages, on a computer screen. They did not know they had a problem until they called a help desk to find out why they were having a probl

Re: [WSG] Colour accessibility/ usability

2008-05-05 Thread McLaughlin, Gail
There are two people I know of in my company (over 100,000 people) who can see the color red fine in the real world, but cannot read red text , typically error messages, on a computer screen. They did not know they had a problem until they called a help desk to find out why they were having a probl

[WSG] PDF Accessibility

2008-02-22 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
I have a client who discourages the use of PDF forms and files on their website because they believe that they are not accessible. Researching this on the Web, it appears that this may have been true several years ago, but that Adobe has made an effort to make PDF forms and files accessible in Ado

[WSG] Screen readers and minimize/maxamize

2008-01-22 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
I read that every time the screen is refreshed, the screen reader usually will start re-reading the screen from the top. An example given was if the user keys in a zip code, and the city/state get automatically filled-in, this means the screen was refreshed so the screen reader will start at the to

[WSG] Cost of Accessibility and WSG] Target Lawsuit - Please Make Yourself Heard

2007-10-05 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
This conversation has been very interesting to follow these past few days. There are two topics that have not surfaced in the posts I've read. 1. The commercial sector does not take accessibility (on the web) seriously. My team works with many large clients globally in the web space, both govern

Re: [WSG] Web Accessibility Update from Shawn Henry, London, Tuesday 5 June

2007-05-29 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
By an chance will Shawn's talk be available via web conferencing or telephone or podcast? On 5/29/07 11:19 AM, "Swan, Henny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Shawn Henry will be speaking about Web accessibility in London next week > at a free event at the University of Westminster hoste

Re: [WSG] Simple to use page layout 'tool' ?

2007-03-12 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
If you use a Mac, OmniGraffle is a good tool for this purpose. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ On 3/12/07 9:15 AM, "Nick Roper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies if this is slightly off topic, but I'm happy to re-post elsewhere. > > A client wants to be able to create so

Re: [WSG] Simple to use page layout 'tool' ?

2007-03-12 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
Try Axure ( http://www.axure.com/) On 3/12/07 9:15 AM, "Nick Roper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apologies if this is slightly off topic, but I'm happy to re-post elsewhere. > > A client wants to be able to create some draft page layouts that they > want achieved. Basically, they want a simple

Re: [WSG] standards selling points

2007-03-08 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
"Best practices" is a good phrase to use in conjunction with "standards", especially when the "best practices" are research-based. Usability.gov provides free "Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines" that are quite comprehensive. On 3/8/07 8:18 AM, "kevin mcmonagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[WSG] Is a colon after a form label necessary?

2005-10-12 Thread McLaughlin, Gail G
Title: Is a colon after a form label necessary? We are establishing Web standards for forms and are debating this. Here’s what I have gleaned based on reading the references cited below. 1. Colons are hard to see on a screen. (Reference 1.) 2. W3C does not state a requirement for a colon aft