Re: Advice Please
"Pawel Loba"
Sunday, March 4, 2007 - 10:52:11 AM

Hi. Interesting email but I still believe that we should be able to use the
same /tools as our sighted coworkers and it seems that DreamWeaver is
something what is commonly use by sighted people. Please don't tell me that
coding can be done by hand because it is obvious. Besides the skills, the
speed is equally important.
Thanks,
Paul.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com>
To: "Joy Cyr" <delights@hawk.igs.net>
Cc: <GW-Info@gwmicro.com>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Advice Please


> As others have hinted, specialized web authoring software is so flawed
> by design that you are better off using a good text editor or IDE. I
> maintain a list of text editors that I've heard of screen reader users
> making use of for web development at:
>
> http://www.benjaminhawkeslewis.com/www/accessibility/accessible-authoring-tools
>
> I'd recommend trying a few of those and seeing what you like best, and
> ideally pick one that supports saving files in UTF-8 encoding (which
> simplifies the use of special characters on the web.)
>
> You can then supplement it with other tools, such as the site-building
> tools from Accessify:
>
> http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/
>
> You mention wanting to work with a minimum of sighted help. I'd
> recommend getting Vision Australia's Web Accessibility Toolbar for
> Internet Explorer:
>
> http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/toolbar/
>
> That includes an accessible color contrast analyzer where you can enter
> foreground and background color values in hex and it will tell you if
> the contrast is sufficient for the text to be legible even by the color
> blind. (This is only important if you decide to suggest any colors for
> your pages, in which case you'll need to set both foreground and
> background colors, since users can set their own preferences that my
> clash with your specifications.)
>
> You can find hex values for common colors listed at:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#color-units
>
> More generally, if you're just getting started with web design, you
> might find my guide to resources for beginners helpful:
>
> http://www.benjaminhawkeslewis.com/www/web-design/getting-started.html
>
> --
> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
>
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