when is some too much? WAS RE: [thelist] Link Types

[sasha]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:35:24 -0800, Chris W. Parker <cparker at swatgear.com>
wrote:

>>
> http://diveintoaccessibility.org/day_9_providing_additional_navigation_a
> ids.html
>
> here is one thought and one question about accessibility.
>
> 1. although accessibility is good and all, at what point does it become
> overkill? asked another way would be, is it really worth the time and
> effort to make our "eXtreme Gymnastics" page wheelchair accessible?
>

I had a similar conversation a few months back with someone who was
convinced that he shouldn't have to make his website accessible to unix
users, simply because his business, selling truetype fonts, caters to Mac
users.  My partner, who has the most control over our finances, uses unix
and would have said no to purchasing from him because he would not have
been able to read the microscopic font size used on the site.

In your example, how do you know it isn't a blind parent searching for a
quality gym for a son/daughter?  How do you know it isn't an aunt/uncle at
work at a unix terminal searching for a gift for a niece/nephew?

I personally use Lynx as a guide as to how accessible a site is.  For your
average sites, I'd say a Lynx test is good enough.  If you've ever used a
text only browser for real actual browsing, you'll appreciate a site where
they actually put work into it to ensure it is accessible to the visual
impaired.

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sasha