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

[Samantha Bailey]

Sorry--typo: should have been "like screen readers (e.g., JAWS)."

On 3/30/07, Samantha Bailey <samantha at baileysorts.com> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> > quoted from:
> >
> >    http://www.communication.org.au/dsblog/?p=30
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > comments?
> >
> > e.
> >
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