Re: [themes] usability and accessibility improvement
There is a module to add a block for changing the font size. I'm with Ber, though, and ended up uninstalling it because it made more sense to just let the user set it in their browser. Michelle On 12/19/2005 3:50:26 AM, Egon Bianchet (egon.bianchet@gmail.com) wrote:
Hello, I'm wondering if there is a plan regarding usability and accessibility of standard Drupal themes.
I'd like to know if somebody already thought about implementing:
- skip-navigation, return-to-top links - change-font-size, high-contrast-css links - internal, external and mailto links differentiation
-- Egon Bianchet <egon.bianchet@gmail.com>
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Op maandag 19 december 2005 14:52, schreef Michelle Cox:
... it made more sense to just let the user set it in their browser.
I forgot to mention, that obviously Drupal is very accessible, by nature. Since everything is heavily based on CSS, making your site fully accessible is quite easy. the theme called "pushbutton" is an example of a theme developed for accessibility. -- PGP ber@webschuur.com http://www.webschuur.com/sites/webschuur.com/files/ber_webschuur.asc PGP berkessels@gmx.net http://www.webschuur.com/sites/webschuur.com/files/ber_gmx.asc
Il giorno lun, 19/12/2005 alle 07.52 -0600, Michelle Cox ha scritto:
There is a module to add a block for changing the font size. I'm with Ber, though, and ended up uninstalling it because it made more sense to just let the user set it in their browser.
Michelle
I agree too, it would be useful only to IE users when the font-size it's specified in pixels, so one could avoid the problem using ems. -- Egon Bianchet <egon.bianchet@gmail.com>
Egon Bianchet wrote:
Il giorno lun, 19/12/2005 alle 07.52 -0600, Michelle Cox ha scritto:
There is a module to add a block for changing the font size. I'm with Ber, though, and ended up uninstalling it because it made more sense to just let the user set it in their browser.
Michelle
I agree too, it would be useful only to IE users when the font-size it's specified in pixels, so one could avoid the problem using ems.
Just to be Devil's Advocate a minute, what's "useful" is defined by the user base, and no rule of thumb can categorically cover it. One of my clients is a company that markets films geared to "older" people. Many of them can open a browser, but expecting them to be able to dig under the hood on their browser settings to get the font on your website large enough to read I think is a mistake. There are occasions where that font-size block can be very handy for people with poor eyesight. With theming, accessibility is not just about toeing the standards line, but also -- and perhaps more importantly -- it's about creating a user experience that is easy to understand and use. If they can't read what's on the page, and they have to know how browsers work in order to rectify it, you may have a technically accessible page but it's not inviting. People will just go elsewhere. Laura
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Bèr Kessels -
Egon Bianchet -
Laura Scott -
Michelle Cox