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RE: First draft of the Emacs website
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Drew Adams |
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RE: First draft of the Emacs website |
Date: |
Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:45:12 -0800 (PST) |
> Thank you for your effort!
>
> When designing the pages (and not only you and only these ones!), please
> don't forget about our handicapped fellows and try to comply with Web
> Accessibility Guidelines (see e.g. http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php
> for start).
>
> Quickly looking at the present state, there are probably some problems
> with contrast and maybe with fonts. (Rule of thumb if nothing else: If
> something is not very easy to read for a perfectly sighted person then
> it's probably hard to read or unreadable for visually impaired visitors,
> dyslectics or other handicapped people.) It's also very good to skim
> through the page with a screen reader, if you have the opportunity, to
> discover possible problems for the blind visitors.
FWIW, this is the most helpful feedback about the website, I think.
And here is a one-page overview: http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/glance/.
Trying to improve accessibility will likely automatically address
some of the other suggestions/concerns that people have raised.
Most of the things that make for an accessible site also make
sense in terms of general UI sanity and ease of use.
RE: First draft of the Emacs website,
Drew Adams <=
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- Re: First draft of the Emacs website, Nicolas Petton, 2015/12/03
- RE: First draft of the Emacs website, Drew Adams, 2015/12/03
- Re: First draft of the Emacs website, John Yates, 2015/12/03
- RE: First draft of the Emacs website, Drew Adams, 2015/12/03
- Re: First draft of the Emacs website, Valentijn, 2015/12/08
- RE: First draft of the Emacs website, Drew Adams, 2015/12/08
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