Collin Davis wrote:
I would argue that in a heartbeat - when you're talking about an architectural or otherwise design showcase site - what designer is going to give half a though to blind or visually impaired users? Quite honestly, in a situation like this site... who cares about them? - it's not for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Thank you for reminding me why I spend so much time and effort trying to spread the concept of accessibility...it's because of people like you.
In response to the statement about images not zooming - maybe the designer
didn't want the images to zoom - perhaps it didn't fit into his design
vision. Even though there is all the talk about the web being a fluid
medium, etc. etc. - sometimes you have a very specific idea and vision for
how you want something to look, feel and behave, and nothing is going to
stand in your way of doing that. That's the beauty of the web - it can be
whatever you want it to be. If you want to have a stunningly beautiful
display of nothing meaningful... do it! If you want to spend hours
agonizing over and testing usability and accessibility for impaired users -
do it!
Again, often on these lists it feels like we're just talking to the converted, but I still see that there is work to be done.
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