Hey J, that's really sweet of you to send me beads!
I kind of am trying to find perks for today--I had a really negative accessibility experience earlier and it just really depressed me. Green Man Review, the online mag for which I have done reviews for a few years, just went to a blog format. I requested when this was first proposed that we include accessibility, the editor and head tech person both agreed, and then I didn't hear anything during the porting process. Today I went to post a review and surprise, it's on WordPress but still uses these links labeled with images and not text, and those pulldown menus are not accessible. The tech's reply when I mentioned these elements were not accessible? "I'm confident that you'll figure it out." She did offer to post for me, but I've found that this is really nto a good experience (the point of a blog is that you are able to post to it and read it immediately).
I don't think it would have depressed me so much if people hadn't been so positive about including accessibility in the first place. And I am tired of having to argue that access means more than just being all PC, it means actually following through and your promises.
Sorry for ranting, but I know you probably get the "I'm tired of fighting this fight...again" thing. I think I will go crawl into my comfy reading chair with Lord Peter and hang out until Alexx comes home with drugs and a BLT (some days really call for crispy pig parts).
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Date: 2011-01-05 11:20 pm (UTC)I kind of am trying to find perks for today--I had a really negative accessibility experience earlier and it just really depressed me. Green Man Review, the online mag for which I have done reviews for a few years, just went to a blog format. I requested when this was first proposed that we include accessibility, the editor and head tech person both agreed, and then I didn't hear anything during the porting process. Today I went to post a review and surprise, it's on WordPress but still uses these links labeled with images and not text, and those pulldown menus are not accessible. The tech's reply when I mentioned these elements were not accessible? "I'm confident that you'll figure it out." She did offer to post for me, but I've found that this is really nto a good experience (the point of a blog is that you are able to post to it and read it immediately).
I don't think it would have depressed me so much if people hadn't been so positive about including accessibility in the first place. And I am tired of having to argue that access means more than just being all PC, it means actually following through and your promises.
Sorry for ranting, but I know you probably get the "I'm tired of fighting this fight...again" thing. I think I will go crawl into my comfy reading chair with Lord Peter and hang out until Alexx comes home with drugs and a BLT (some days really call for crispy pig parts).