Hi Pete et al.:
I AGREE completely about the Lewis & Clark web site. These
organizations ought to be ashamed for throwing massive funding behind
the development of overly "websigned" (web + designed = websigned) sites
that do not provide equal access. For those in the real world, a web
site should be about providing easy access to information. And there
are many ways to produce effective, good-looking web sites that don't
cost an arm and a leg, and don't offend or exclude those who need a
non-graphic, text-only format.
Websigners: Try the simple and FREE online portal at Bobby. It will
tell you all the reasons the overly websigned sites are inadequate based
on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 and U.S. Section 508
Guidelines. Drop by: http://bobby.watchfire.com.
Best wishes, sincerely,
Jay Heuman, Curator of Education
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Utah State University
4020 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4020
T 435.797.0165
F 435.797.3423
Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.
Sir Charles Moser, b. 1922
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gray, Peter
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 3:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Museums and the Web 2004: Best of the Web Winners
>
> > The MW2004 Best of the Web are:
> > * Best On-line Exhibition
> > Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition
> > http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org
> > organized by the Missouri Historical Society, Saint
> > Louis, MI, USA
> >
> I don't want to be a killjoy, but...
> <sigh>
> Once again an award goes to a web site that fails to meet
> even the basic criteria of accessibility and web standards.
> This is not rocket science, you know. I am not going to
> launch into a lengthy critique here, but the
> instantly-noticeable major faults include using 'javascript:'
> to launch the exhibition (and in a new window, too);
> providing just a Flash-only presentation; putting the Flash
> exhibition in a fixed-size window; consequent small text that
> cannot be re-sized; missing alt text; lack of a DOCTYPE; and
> the extensive use of deprecated or bogus mark-up. It simply
> is not good enough in 2004. Too many basic errors to be a
> worthy winner in my opinion.
> Pete
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