RE: AWARE-TECHNIQUES

John, et al

	This has been great!  :) - love a lively discussion
>
> First, the web (in my mind) is not just a visual medium.

	Exactly - having been on the internet since just before the advent of the
www my main focus has been info - both fun and serious :) (hmmmm, won't
mention those text-based mudds I used to have such fun with).  I, like many
people, prefer a great novel over the TV on many occasions so the content is
not necessarily something visual but rather something that stimulates the
mind :)
>
> Two, accessibility _ISN'T_ just about making sites accessible to blind
> people

	Watching someone work with a mouse or even a keyboard that has no fine
motor skills is enlightening.  I've provided respite for an individual who
is a Thalidomide victim - missing one arm, the other is permanently bent at
an almost 90 deg angle - he has adapted well to his environment but it's
obvious that assistance is needed in areas.
>
> Think about this...  My dad is in his mid sixties.  His problem
> is that his
> arms are shrinking... he can't hold the phone book far enough away to read
> the numbers <grin>.  Yep, like many people his age, his vision is
> diminishing.  He's not blind, but, well (sorry dad), getting old.  Now web

	Hmmm, designed a site for a customer who viewed everything from his laptop
(he's always viewing at 1024X768) and his contention was his eyesight isn't
as good as it used to be :)

>
> Here's another one (this one's my favourite).  I've been to web
> sites where
> down at the bottom there's an icon of a hand, with one finger
> pointing (sort
> of like a gun).

	too priceless  :) :)

Shelley
>

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