[Sigia-l] inviting, welcoming, open, approachable?

[Samantha Bailey]

For me "accessible" has a very specific meaning, that of being (in the
US), at minimum 508 compliant and, even better, *truly* usable for
people accessing the site with assistive devices like screen better.

Samantha

On 3/30/07, Eric Scheid <eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au> wrote:
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> quoted from:
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>    http://www.communication.org.au/dsblog/?p=30
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> > 4. The term accessible covers what today¹s information architects refer to as
> > Œfindability¹. But accessible has another implication, one of inviting people
> > in, being welcoming, open, and approachable. I may be wrong, but I see no
> > reference to these all-important characteristics in the information
> > architecture toolbag.
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> comments?
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