Woot.com (XHTML 1.0 transitional, semantic shopping site) just recently implemented a contact form on their site, and they were sharing some of the messages they got. Here's a couple you might like to read:
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Elsewhere in the Wootville Mailsack, two different users have written to thank us for the site's accessibility for the vision-impaired:
Thanks for your very kind awareness of making the Woot site accessible to those of us that are visually impaired and use screen reading software to navigate the web. In general, the site is extremely accessible and I actually placed my first order this week...It is very unusual to find a site that has such a high level of support for accessibility that isn't funded by some deep pocketed government agency! Are you guys some kind of front for a diabolical, mass government experiment?!
We wish! If you know any diabolical government types who are hiring, send them our way. And:
I am blind and use adaptive technology to read the screen...I really would like to thank for making an effort to make it accessible...I would be glad to talk you up. Have already given your link to some people. Thanks for what you are trying to do.
We certainly appreciate the compliments, although this says more about the sad state of accessibility on the rest of the web than it does about us.------------------------
The post is here: http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryId=344
Take that one to the bank!
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- C Montoya
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