accessible design (was RE: [thelist] Old Browsers old Software, cut bait and move on.)

[Erika Meyer]

aardvark wrote:

>i'm guessing you'll like this article, although i fear you'll get the
>wrong message:
>To Hell With Bad Browsers
>http://www.alistapart.com/stories/tohell/

Are you sure YOU didn't get the wrong message?

<horse type="not dead yet">

ALA redesign is about using HTML & CSS as it's meant to be used, NOT 
about shutting out users with old browsers.  I know you have access 
to lots of browsers, Adrian.  Show me one on which ALA is 
inaccessible.


"...Legs furiously pumping
Their stiff green gallop..."
-- Jim Morrison

</horse>

<tip type="accessibility" author="erika">
A real audio video which shows students at Georgia University 
attempting to view websites built with commercial software for 
distance learning (WebCT).  Shows screenreaders in action, and some 
of the problems with WebCT and inaccessible sites.

http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwdls/ACC_video2.ram
</tip>
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