Re: [WSG] asp and accessibility
Bob Schwartz wrote: Do database driven, dynamically created asp pages pass muster for accessibility? What makes a site accessible? Being on this list, you surely have some idea of the answer. But to help, some of the key things are: - it has semantic, well-structured HTML - in particular in uses headings well, it marks up forms and data-tables with appropriate accessibility features and it validates (or mostly validates) - it provides options for users to jump to parts of a page eg navigation, content(ie, they don't have to tab through endless links) Note that nowhere in there does it mention asp. Or in fact any server-side programming/scripting language. In terms of accessibility, what matters is what's outputted to the browser (user agent), not what language the backend is written and developed in. Short answer to you question: they can and they should, but they may not. Mike *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] asp and accessibility
Mike, Thanks for the information. Yes, I have an idea, but never having seen any of the devices people talk about here, I often have doubts about what I think I have understood. Bob Schwartz wrote: Do database driven, dynamically created asp pages pass muster for accessibility? What makes a site accessible? Being on this list, you surely have some idea of the answer. But to help, some of the key things are: - it has semantic, well-structured HTML - in particular in uses headings well, it marks up forms and data- tables with appropriate accessibility features and it validates (or mostly validates) - it provides options for users to jump to parts of a page eg navigation, content(ie, they don't have to tab through endless links) Note that nowhere in there does it mention asp. Or in fact any server-side programming/scripting language. In terms of accessibility, what matters is what's outputted to the browser (user agent), not what language the backend is written and developed in. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] asp and accessibility
Bob Schwartz wrote: Do database driven, dynamically created asp pages pass muster for accessibility? At the end of the day, no matter the server-side language used, the end result is HTML pages. I suppose if I could see the devices handicapped people use to surf, I would better understand what's going on (and be able to answer my own questions), but I don't know anyone who uses anything other than a browser or cell phone. there's a bunch of tools you can test with: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_tools.hcsp *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] asp and accessibility
Bob Schwartz wrote: Yes, I have an idea, but never having seen any of the devices people talk about here, I often have doubts about what I think I have understood. Go here: http://www.webstock.org.nz/recordings.php and listen to / look at Darren Fittler's presentation. He's blind and uses a screen-reader. Very informative. Mike *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
