SIGIA-L Mail Archives: RE: SIGIA-L: IA > gov portals
RE: SIGIA-L: IA > gov portals
From: Phill Christian (phill_at_systems-design.net)
Date: Mon Oct 02 2000 - 07:14:39 EDT
I certainly agree with both Gordon and Mary here. This is especially so
when you consider that 'accessability' now must include all people on all
devices. These guidelines work for a great many audiences.
cheers
phill
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sigia-l_at_asis.org [mailto:owner-sigia-l_at_asis.org]On Behalf Of
Gordon Montgomery
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:08 PM
To: 'mary.deaton_at_b3interactive.com'; Robinson, Susan; IA Listserve
(E-mail)
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: IA > gov portals
"accessibility techniques" are the best thing to ever happen to website
design.
within gov circles you must obey these as "laws".
what's great is they are, to all intents and purposes, the Usability and IA
guidelines the e-commerce IAs [et al] have been preaching all along :)
great!
g.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Deaton [mailto:mary.deaton_at_b3interactive.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:41 AM
To: Robinson, Susan; Gordon Montgomery; IA Listserve (E-mail)
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: IA > gov portals
Susan,
I would rather not think of accessibility techniques as "restrictions" and
certainly I advocate making all web sites accessible, not just government
sites. Most of the same techniques that make a site accessible for the
disabled also make it more cross-browser compliant.
Mary Deaton
User Experience Analyst
B3Interactive
Weblogs at http://home.mindspring.com/~mmdeaton/default.htm
<Susan Robinson said>
In terms of bells and whistles, we are limited: probably not many IAs are
not aware of the restrictions placed upon government sites due to laws
requiring our sites to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act.
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