Hi, Today I visited http://search.msn.com, the new Microsoft Search Engine. It seems to me that Microsoft never heard of accessibility issues. The Search...
Hi Peter & all, I got varying results on two different machines. At home I have Jaws 4.51 running, with most scripting etc in IE turned off. With this setup...
Dear Webwatch subscribers: Fyi. Best, Jennifer Digital Web Magazine: Innovative Design Inspired by Accessibility ...
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Mar 31, 2005 5:08 pm
Any of you who subscribe to directv or know anyone who does, pleas encourage them to make their web site more accessable. It is Please use your member number...
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Mar 31, 2005 5:46 pm
Hi Jennifer, It's interesting you should bring up Directv. I recently got an ad in my home email from Dish Network. It said, for more information,click here....
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Mar 31, 2005 5:49 pm
It is Elizabeth who is interested in directv. You are correct. dishnetwork is just as poorly designed. Elizabeth...
Hi all, Is anyone using Google Mail yet? Any tricks to accessability? I just got an account and the first thing I did was to switch to simple html. Thanks Al ...
Webwatch subscribers: Fyi. Here's more mainstream press on Web accessibility. Best, Jennifer All Access Is your website accessible to consumers with...
Dear Webwatchers: Thought some of you might like to take a look at this Beta of a news site on which Yahoo! is working. When things are in Beta, it's...
This seems easier to use, at least with a screen reader. They've added list and heading tags and that makes moving to specific content much faster in my ...
All, I wanted to give folks a warning that within the next week (likely Friday) I'm going to move this list to a new provider. I will migrate subscriptions ...
All, What do folks think of the idea of placing title attributes on lists as a way to give a bit more context to the list purpose? Is this being done already...
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May 3, 2005 5:22 pm
Hi, I personally would hate to have to read through all that gibberish every time I got an email from a list. - Jackie McCraw ... From:...
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May 4, 2005 3:25 pm
Hi everyone, I have been asked to check out the website of the Kentucky Virtual Library. When I get to the site, JAWS starts speaking in a British accent....
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May 4, 2005 3:46 pm
Hi everyone, One more followup. The URL for the Kentucky Virtual Library is: www.kyvl.org....
Rick and all: Usually what triggers the switch in languages has to do with how the page is coded. A language identification can be included, which screen...
I've seen this on a few pages. Jaws is looking at the <HTML lang="EN"> near the top of the html for that front page and changing it's voice on the fly because...
Dear Dan: Great! Thanks for this explanation. What I assume from this, then, is that Window-Eyes assumes U.S., unless GB is specified. Interesting to note...
Jackie, Perhaps I didn't explain this so well and maybe posting all the html in the message wasn't a good idea. This wouldn't be in an e-mail message but ...
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May 5, 2005 4:43 pm
Kelly, Thanks for the clarification. I think it would be helpful, but I would just say something like: Cities, list of three. The gibberish factor is...
Jackie and Kelly: Jackie, If you find you're hearing too much info, when you're looking at Web sites, why not take control of your screen reader and change...
Jennifer, My comments are inline prefaced by KF:. From: webwatch@yahoogroups.com [mailto:webwatch@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton But is putting...
Hi: Though this has nothing to do with Web site accessibility, I thought I'd share the following with you all. Enjoy. Best, Jennifer 9th Annual Webby Awards...
