I've started a new job as a Web Developer for the County, and
accessibility for users with disabilities is high on the organization's
priority list. I'm looking for suggestions on where to turn for the
best resources on assuring accessibility, be it books, seminars,
whatever.
Thanks.
-Fleemo
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"" wrote in comp.infosystem s. www.authoring.html:I've started a new job as a Web Developer for the County,
We need a new Glen Campbell song. :-)
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed fl******@comcas t.net writing in
news:11******** *************@l 41g2000cwc.goog legroups.com: I've started a new job as a Web Developer for the County, and
accessibility for users with disabilities is high on the organization's
priority list. I'm looking for suggestions on where to turn for the
best resources on assuring accessibility, be it books, seminars,
whatever.
Thanks.
-Fleemo http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-WCAG20-20020822/
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Adrienne Boswell http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share
Adrienne <ar********@sbc global.net> wrote: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-WCAG20-20020822/
Which says:
"This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by
other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working
Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than "work in
progress"."
It's an incomplete, sketchy draft (one of many, and not even the newest
one, see http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ ) for a specification, and some
day there might be a WCAG 2.0 specification (though I wouldn't bet on
it - it looks like an eternity project). Even if it were a
specification, which it most definitely isn't, it would not help much
in _getting started_. (Specifications simply aren't tutorials, or
textbooks, though W3C specifications contain some tutorialish stuff -
IMHO they shouldn't, since specifications have their own role, and they
should be exact and concise.)
More useful: http://www.webaim.org which has
WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind
Begin main menu:
1. Techniques and Concepts
2. Coordination and Leadership
3. Products and Tools
4. Training Others
5. Getting Help from Others
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Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
Pages about Web authoring: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www.html
In message <11************ *********@l41g2 000cwc.googlegr oups.com>, fl******@comcas t.net writes I've started a new job as a Web Developer for the County, and
accessibilit y for users with disabilities is high on the organization's
priority list. I'm looking for suggestions on where to turn for the
best resources on assuring accessibility, be it books, seminars,
whatever.
Thanks.
-Fleemo
Try:
Book:
-------
Constructing Accessible Websites
by Jim Thatcher, Cynthia Waddell, Shawn Henry, Sarah Swierenga, Mark
Urban, Michael Burks, Paul Bohman
Website:
----------- http://www.jimthatcher.com
Lots of good (and practical) advice in both --especially regarding
Section 508 requirements.
regards.
--
Jake
In message <71************ *************** *****@4ax.com>, Andy Dingley
<di*****@codesm iths.com> writes On 1 Apr 2005 14:13:12 -0800, fl******@comcas t.net wrote:
I've started a new job as a Web Developer for the County, and
accessibili ty for users with disabilities is high on the organization's
priority list.
http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/
Yes. Lots of good stuff there.
Avoid the W3C / WAI stuff - too simplistic, too outdated.
--
Jake
Wow, I hit the jackpot! Thank you, folks, for these excellent leads.
Jukka, the WebAim.org stuff contains some of the exact information I
was looking for. I can't thank you enough.
I had been to the w3.org site several times, but it's as dry as a bone
and was much like reading the list of ingredients off the side of a
cereal box. Somebody wake me up! I really appreciate these
suggestions.
-Fleemo
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 21:01:01 -0500, Stan Brown
<th************ @fastmail.fm> wrote: "" wrote in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html:I've started a new job as a Web Developer for the County,
We need a new Glen Campbell song. :-)
I am a web developer for the county
and I know how to code.
Searchin' for ways to speed my page load.
I hear you need accessibility,
So I need to redesign.
And the Wichita web developer is still online.
Nick (with apologies to Glen Campbell and this ng)
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Nick Theodorakis ni************* *@hotmail.com
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