[Accessibleweb] Please check this page

[Dan Comden]

Hi Marcus

A nice clean look, I like it.

The only thing I'd add to Terry's comments right now is that the headers 
that are also links (Environmental Studies Major & Minor and Restoration 
Ecology Certificate) don't look like links -- they look like headers. I 
have a minor color vision deficit and have to look very hard to see the 
color difference -- I wouldn't know to activate those using speech input 
if I was browsing the page. -- I suggest making those into anchors and 
drop the header tag.

And yeah I know you don't want design comments but ... the black nav text 
on the brown background isn't working well for me -- it's just as 
difficult as what Terry pointed out on the "graduate" page. My suggestion: 
maintain consistency within the site and find a good color combo for that 
nav bar and stick with it throughout.

-*- Dan


On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Marcus Duke wrote:


> A favor, if you would. Please check out the beta template I'm developing for 

> Program on the Environment, as displayed at:

>

> http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/test_site/ugprograms/index.html

>

> I was pleased to get the Wave 4.0 message, "WAVE has detected no 

> accessibility errors," and Web Accessibility Checker yielded a conditional 

> pass with no known, 1 likely, and 60 potential problems (the latter of which 

> contained a lot of comments that were either off the mark completely, 

> debatable, or I just don't understand them). But I am interested in comments 

> from live bodies, too. (And I'll continue trying a couple other accessibility 

> sites).

>

> Please ignore the design; a significant redesign is in the works, but in the 

> meantime, I'm trying to set up as tight a presentation package, one that will 

> enable us to apply a new design as easily as possible. Also please note the 

> client insists on dropdown menus. (Only a couple of the menu links go to 

> pages that have the same CSS/Javascript back-end.) I bought a commercial 

> extension for Dreamweaver (client wants to maintain site with this) that the 

> developer claims is accessible-friendly, and indeed, the tests so far don't 

> seem to be throwing up any red flags.

>

> Marcus Duke

> Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

> and

> Washington Sea Grant

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