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Tailslide
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RE: Accessible CSS image gallery - 4/24/2006 13:28:32
Accessibility isn't just about visual impairment - you could be talking about people who can't use a mouse for instance.
Also in this instance the visually impaired do get an enhanced experience because they get a long description of the item concerned rather than just an image's brief alt text or title.
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Nicole
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RE: Accessible CSS image gallery - 4/24/2006 16:26:55
Here's a good tutotial which explains 5 different scenarios of people who need sites to be accessible in different ways.
Another thing, that slideshow is great, very much like the lightbox but with more features. Thing is, I don't understand all the reasons that we should make sites accessible, but if I come across something that helps people with disabilities and is stated to be accessible and compliant, I'll use it in place of something that isn't every time.
Another little story I heard on the radio the other day, true story from about a week ago. A 90yo deaf and blind man at the races in Sydney on Derby Day walked up to the betting window and said he'd have $100,000 on horse X at 5-1 and $10,000 on the Quinella with another horse. The lady behind the betting window counter suspected something and called the betting supervisor, but when the man pulled out $100,000 cash, they accepted the bet.
Can you imagine a 90yo deaf and blind guy at the races? He can't see the race, can't hear it either, can't even hear the crowd's excitement! He won by the way, over half a million dollars, now who'd have ever thought?
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