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andy206uk posted this at 09:28 — 12th August 2003.
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Hmmm its made me think a bit.
I'm already starting to design using CSS and XHTML so thats a start.
Is it better to make the original site accessable for everyone but loose some of the visual effect for (and i hate to put it this way but...) "normal users" or have a swanky flashy front end and an alternate accessable version for other people?
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Renegade posted this at 11:57 — 12th August 2003.
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Does accessable mean fluid design as well? I always thought it did. However, that site is not fluid :S
Anyways, another good bookmark
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disaster-master posted this at 14:45 — 12th August 2003.
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That site (mezzoblue.com) does not belong to the author of that article. It tells in the very first paragraph and has a link to his site.
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mairving posted this at 16:33 — 12th August 2003.
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Not meaning to be callous or anything but by making your site more accessible friendly, you basically have to make your site a little less friendly to the 99.9% of people that don't have problems.
I don't know I guess I am still trying to figure out why they have Braile on drive up ATM's.
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Backlinker posted this at 07:55 — 14th September 2003.
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For the passengers ???
Accessability has always been an issue for me. My eyesight is none to good and I usually use view-text size-largest when on the web. This solves my problem most of the time but some sites have this feature disabled. I dont stay on them long.
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Suzanne posted this at 18:07 — 14th September 2003.
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I disagree that you make the site less friendly for the 99.9% of people who don't have problems. Notably because it's not that high a number of people without some special need, but also because the more accessible a site is, the easier it is for everyone to use.
Braile on drive up ATMs - why make new key pads for one ATM. They are the same regardless of location. It doesn't HARM you to have braile on the keys when you're not blind -- most people won't even notice, like the little dots on the F and J on the keyboard to help you position your hands while typing.
There is nothing that makes a site accessible that makes it harder to use for other users.
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Suzanne posted this at 18:09 — 14th September 2003.
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No, it doesn't.
The fluidity or rigidity of the design has nothing to do with accessibility. It may have a lot to do with USABILITY, i.e. people with different resolutions (smaller) being able to view the page without scrolling, however the content is styled through stylesheets and is ACCESSIBLE in a variety of ways that have nothing to do with the design.
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