Welcome to the AccessibleWebPerthIG. The purpose of this list is to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas between all those interested in Accessible...
People may be interested in this site http://www.tomw.net.au/as/as.html which is a posting of some draft guidlines which Tom Worthington is apparently working...
Well, if you are going to use Macromedia products then it is a posting of some marketing and user information from them about how to do accessibility in...
Charles McCathieNevile
charles@...
Dec 2, 2001 5:26 am
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Some interesting sites in this....not all are marvels of accessibility but many are good attempts. ... From: w3c-wai-ig-request@......
I have been looking through the W3C guidelines and there is very little information regaurding drop down menus etc. I was wondering : Are Drop down menus in...
Hi Kristy, no, you don't have to do anything special to them if you are using HTML from the W3C, according to the specification. If you are using a script to...
I think this post from Charles Munat to the WAI list may interest people at least to start aome discussion. Also if members could invite their friends to join...
Actually this is one of a handful of rants Charles has written on the IG list this year that are, in my opinion, an interesting perspective on the Web and its...
Bob Regan from Macromedia USA will be in Canberra next week to discuss accessibility of web sites. I have arranged for him to give an informal seminar at ANU...
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington@...
Jan 13, 2002 11:04 pm
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We are always looking for details of what others are using as their web guidelines, specifically regarding web accessibility. If you are looking to see what...
Hi all, Well the group is slowly getting together but please ask all your friends who may be interested to join as the more we have the more useful it is. Some...
The Government of Western Australia has just released for comment a draft of proposed guidelines for State Government websites. Accessibility and usability are...
Well, I sent a review. Major comment was that it was frustrating to have to read this in PDF - that isn't all that easy for me, but isn't a big terrible thing...
I would agree Charles...There seemed to be a real acceptance of the need for and the benifit of accessibility. We are moving forward I think. The main weakness...
Dana has given me prermission to send this to members of this group too. In my view it is a useful start rather than a finished work, but it is well worth...
... There is an MS-Word version as well, but I don't understand why they didn't do a web version. A list of all the Australian accessibility guidelines I could...
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington@...
Apr 2, 2002 11:57 pm
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Tom Worthington wrote: ... There is an MS-Word version as well, but I don't understand why they didn't do a web version. Oh yeah. But since...
Isnt this confusing the issue though Charles...If you are running Linux Abi Word or Star office are quite capable of reading Word documents and is free so can...
Fair point, and a good reminder to get. But as it happens I am not running linux. The issue I had was that installing office seriously broke other aspects of ...
Hi Charles Remember me? CALM is still actively involved in promoting accessible websites, but not sure if this group still has many members. Regards, David ......
Hi David, indeed I do remember you. (If I recall correctly I think the only time I came to Perth and didn't see you was an 18-hour visit for an internet...
Hi folks, this is a cross-post so you know about each other. WANAU is an australia Universities' accessibility network, who will be holding an event in Perth ...
I started this group a few years ago to try and foster accessibility in perth. It started with a whimper and went down from there:( Then Accessibility was an...
Hi Harry!!! I am wondering where you'd been :) I'll jot down your email addy so we don't lose touch. Martin...
msmales@...
Feb 3, 2005 4:31 am
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Hello all, Actually I am interested in what anyone knows about accessibility at school level. It seems to me that currently anyone who manages to get through...
Okay, let me introduce myself. My name is Martin Smales and I am profoundly deaf since I was born. I can give you a deaf person's perspective of gonig through...
