hi addi!
thank you so much, I will try to participate as much as I can in the discussion going on with that group.
Regards, Mohammed al-shar' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Addi" addi@rocktreesky.com To: "A list for theme developers" themes@drupal.org Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [themes] **********SPAM**********: accessibility of drupal sites
This is one of things that I think is important (and others do too!) but seem to always have less time to focus on than I'd like. :(
There is also a drupal group for accessiblity and it would be very helpful to the community if you joined that group and help us work on Drupal accessibility questions.
http://groups.drupal.org/accessibility
There used to be a fontsize module but it has been abandoned and deleted (was last avail for 4.6), http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/fontsize, and when I finally learn more about modules I'd like to have a whack at trying to revive it so folks can have a "plug and play" solution for that.
Mohammed Al-shar' wrote:
dear listers,
first, I am sorry to have posted this messages to both the themes and the support lists, but I just am not sure where this would fit more.
I am concerned with the accessibility of drupal powered websites for the blind and visually impaired. I have searched the drupal website and read what I could find about this topic but it seems to me that this has received little attention so far. none of the posts I read was elaborate enough.
here are some points to contemplate about:
- for visually impaired users, I want them to be able to change the
font size / color / contrast on the fly. one site that does this beautifully, but it's not drupal powered is our strategic partner's website at: www.yourdolphin.com http://www.yourdolphin.com
- provide keyboard users the possibility of reaching some parts of
the website using accesskeys. I know that this method isn't preferred from what I read about it, but may be the listers can share their views about this point. I am blind myself, and never need to use accesskeys as my screen reader has built in commands to reach to various elements on most websites. actually, most modern screen readers have this possibility.
I am thinking that structuring the website's documents well will often be most handy. like using different heading sizes, and using bulleted and numbered lists.
the project I am involved in currently is for the company I work for, which specializes in assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired. it's at: www.nattiq.info http://www.nattiq.info it still requires lots of work, specially that it's going to be multilingual and has a right to left language. still, I would highly appreciate it if some of you could give it a look and steer me in the right direction. any comments will be warmly welcomed.
Regards, and thanks in anticipation.
Mohammed al-shar'
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