[Nfb-web] our website and accessibility

[Steve Jacobson]

Chris,

As you may know, I am also a Window-Eyes user.  I must admit that when I look at a page, I tend to do it with browse mode on and don't always give attention as to 
whether a field is correctly labeled as long as I know what the field's function is.  I'm not saying my approach is right, only that I could have missed this.  Could you give 
me a specific form that isn't reading right so I can see what it is doing?  Also, while I am not arguing as to whether a different label should be used, it would be worth 
knowing if JFW is picking up useful information while Window-Eyes is not.

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:58:27 -0400, Chris Westbrook wrote:

>I was really disappointed when I looked at the website for our members area yesterday.  I wasn't so disappointed at the sparseness of content, Peter covered that 
eloquently Yesterday.  When I looked at the various forms to submit suggestions and other things, I noticed they weren't reading well with window eyes.  A quick look 
at the source reveals that there are no label tags anywhere.  For those of you who don't know, a label tag is a quick and standard way to associate text on the screen 
with a control such as a form field.  I know we are getting our site from a new content management system, but I would think accessibility would have been part of the 
process in determining which cms to use.  I think if we are going to advocate for accessibility, we need to have a website that is completely accessible and be a model 
for others.  I'm really disappointed that we chose the easy way out with a cms that doesn't output fully accessible content rather than look at our membership to see 
who could assist with a redesign.  It makes me wonder whether the national office functions above and outside of the membership, but that's another discussion for 
another post.  I hope things are handled better in the future.
>Chris Westbrook
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