[thelist] Site Check: Is it accessible?
tim
tim at hyperlinkage.com
Thu Nov 30 18:09:13 CST 2006
Stephen Rider wrote:
> Quick check of an existing site. Simply put, is this site something
> I can legitimately describe as "handicapped accessible"? Fully so?
> Partially?
> <http://www.realtymort.com/>
I've just browsed a couple of pages on the site with my screen switched
off, using JAWS for navigation. There are a couple of things you should
think about changing:
* As mentioned by Julian, you should remove the square brackets from
the alt text in the main menu. JAWS is currently reading these as "link
graphic left bracket home right bracket link graphic left bracket
today's listings right bracket". This makes the menu fairly difficult
to understand.
* Add a "skip to content" link at the top of every page so that the
header and menu can be avoided. It takes a couple of minutes for these
to be read out on every page unless the user skips forward with the
keyboard.
* I also think you should reconsider the abbreviations that are used
in addresses - e.g. "W. Diversey Pkwy." The screen reader does not
recognise the last word as "parkway" and the meaning is lost.
Hope this helps,
Tim
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