Clive,
Actually, I think that by and large good web design is accessible
and we don't need to limit the amount of multimedia content (though we may
need to offer alternatives). On the other hand, I am not convinced that it
is always possible to make multimedia content 'meaningfully' available
online. The script of film is not the film.
However, with respect to the person needing to use a screenreader
with an old Netscape browser, I think we, and the law (does, I think), need
to recognise that the end user also has responsibilities in this area. We
must be proactive in supporting them, but they must also be proactive in
supporting themselves.
Cheers,
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Clive Richards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 May 2002 09:54
To: [log in to unmask]; Bruce Ingraham
Subject: Re: Easy Content Production
Thanks - I guess I had anticipated this problem in that I am asking
instructors to leave the original power point slide show uploaded and
offer alternative viewing methods. I agree that we need to address
accessibility issues which in my view can only be realised by offering
different alternatives to users (unless we are going to reduce the web to
a plain text experience) the instructions to access these files could be
made accessible so that students could use the right one. Quite how we
deal with accessibility for someone needing to use a screen reader with an
old netscape browser is a little beyond my imagination though!
|