[LINK] {SPAM 01.1} Re: Inaccessible web sites

[Ivan Trundle]

On 16/02/2010, at 8:32 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> David Boxall wrote:
>>>> ... <http://www.sanctuaryenergy.com.au/>  with shields at
>>>> maximum, nothing works. ...
>> It looks like the menu bar is all javascript. With js disabled, the site 
>> is inaccessible. ...
> 
> Yes. Without Javascript and Flash, all I get is the heading of
> the web page with no links at all, making the site useless (apart from
> being an indication that this is not a company I want to do
> business with).
> 
>> I wonder how the sites rate for accessibility by the disabled.
> 
> The home page fails an automated test (TAW <http://www.tawdis.net/>)
> with two Priority 1, sixty one Priority 2 and six Priority 3 problems.
> 
> The company is specifically marketing to Retirement Villages:
> <http://www.sanctuaryenergy.com.au/Packages-retirement.html>.
> 
> It seems odd they would not provide a web page which residents of such 
> villages would be able to read easily.

I doubt that many retirement village residents would have javascript and flash turned off. Indeed, I wouldn't imagine that any would go to such lengths.

(not that this mitigates the overall site access design issues).

iT

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