Suzanne — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:09:43 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Renegade
Does accessable mean fluid design as well?

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.

Suzanne — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:07:39 +0000

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.

Backlinker — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:55:00 +0000

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.

mairving — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:33:23 +0000

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.

disaster-master — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:45:55 +0000

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.

Renegade — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:57:26 +0000

Does accessable mean fluid design as well? I always thought it did. However, that site is not fluid :S

Anyways, another good bookmark

andy206uk — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:28:53 +0000

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?