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Maybe other people want to read the report that was referred to in the article http://www.drc-gb.org/newsroom/newsdetails.asp?id=633§ion=1 Samantha On 24 May 2004, at 07:59, Ian Edelman wrote: > Peter Gray is absolutely right to point out the accessibility > shortcomings > of public sector museum websites. Remarkably the text sizing problem > he > notes appears to only be an IE6 issue... it actually works OK on > Netscape > 4! The new National Gallery website does not render well through a > audio > browser. > > I also agree with Cristiano that css is a solution, or at least will be > when everyone uses browsers that actually render css as intended. I > would > probably not go quite as far with ‘web standards’ as Peter appears to > advocate, as W3C/WIA standards don’t guarantee an accessible website, > only > ones that meet the standards. I may be taken to task on this, but I > believe > you can have accessible websites that are not standards compliant. > > There is also no agreement on what makes a meaningful ALT tag. At a > most > basic level these should not be missing for images which add meaning > to a > page, nor should images which support page structure have anything but > null > ALT tags. This is not difficult to do, but meaningful ALT tag > descriptions > of images are far more complex. > > I think Nick Poole is spot on in saying that there can be no such > thing as > a 100% accessible website. The presentation at the Museum and the Web > day > in Leicester raised the issue of deaf users who rely on sign language > for > communication. If we are going to have 100% accessible websites then > these > users must also be accommodated. > > It isn’t possible for a website to be all things to all people. > Personally > I would recommend a pragmatic approach, on the premise that the website > should function for both the target audience and as wide a cross > section of > potential users as possible.... anyway that’s my fourpenny worth on > this > topic! > > > > Ian Edelman > Web Manager > Recreation and Heritage > Hampshire County Council > > Samantha Cichero The Multimedia Team Ltd Kestrel 3D 9 Kittle Yards Causewayside Edinburgh EH9 1PJ Tel: + 44 (0) 131 466 8016 Fax: + 44 (0) 131 466 8018 http://www.kestrel3d.com/multimedia _______________________________________________ This email and any attachment are confidential to the intended recipient. If received in error, please forward this email to [log in to unmask] and then delete it from your system. While all reasonable steps have been taken to protect this email, the sender is unable to accept any responsibility for any viruses transmitted by it. The contents of this message are the personal views of the sender. No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Kestrel 3D or The Multimedia Team by means of email communications.