RE: [SEC508] Two questions

["Jim Tobias" <tobias@inclusive.com>]

The trick here is the supposed need for a "fast hit 508 review".  While time
may be crucial right now, it doesn't mean that your client should be able to
ignore the need for long term, product lifecycle-type accessibility
planning.  But you're not really responsible for their final decision, are
you?  All you can do is help them create a reasonably prioritized list of
fixes for this design cycle.  They *should* fix them all, but you can't
force them.

Speaking of the technical issue itself, I think it's pretty low priority.
The people most inconvenienced are going to be those who use residual vision
as well as a screen reader.  But even for them, it's not too bad.  What
percent of the total user experience is mucked up this way?  And there's
really not something that's worse about the product, like some color
combinations or icon designs?

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Jim Tobias
Inclusive Technologies
tobias@inclusive.com
+732.441.0831 v/tty
www.inclusive.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erika Noll Webb [mailto:ewebb@quintusdesign.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: 'Jim Tobias'; sec508@trace.wisc.edu
> Subject: RE: [SEC508] Two questions
> 
> While I'm worried about starting a fire storm with this one, 
> I'm facing some interesting issues on an evaluation I'm doing 
> right now.  Normally, I'm working with a development team in 
> process, but now I'm working with a group that needs a fast 
> hit 508 review.  There are some things that I think 
> technically pass, but aren't great.  For example, in a 
> particular window, everything on the screen is accessible 
> from the keyboard, but the order isn't the same as the visual 
> representation.  All the elements that are supposed to be 
> clustered together (e.g. like a series of radio buttons), but 
> the order of the options isn't the same.  
> 
> How do you approach a client on things like this?  
> Technically it passes, but I want them to fix it later.  I 
> remember another "technical pass" issue came up recently and 
> I'm curious now what others do.  My recollection was that 
> someone (maybe Don?) said that he'd pass something, but I 
> wonder if you go back and tell them it should still be fixed later.
> 
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> Regards,
> Erika 
> 
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