Comments on: Accessibility, Availability and Affordability http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/ open and accessible Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dave http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/#comment-623 Dave Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:56:10 +0000 http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/#comment-623 I run into many people who are forced to use technology by their job, but have no interest or previous training and end up dragging their feet the whole way. Can motivation be an obstacle? Or am I being pretentious to assume that everyone can benefit from using the Internet? : ) There are also people in situations similar to #2, except they don't have training resources available. Maybe they've obtained computer and Internet access, but they don't know about search engines or the concept of distinct web sites vs. the Internet as a whole and have no understanding of how any of it really works. They may or may not know how to find out more about these things, or even that these kinds of concepts and issues exist. There's a lot of room for variation here, some people have a really difficult time wrapping their minds around the very logical way that computers work...the training issue almost comes back around to an accessibility issue at that point. I run into many people who are forced to use technology by their job, but have no interest or previous training and end up dragging their feet the whole way. Can motivation be an obstacle? Or am I being pretentious to assume that everyone can benefit from using the Internet? : )

There are also people in situations similar to #2, except they don’t have training resources available. Maybe they’ve obtained computer and Internet access, but they don’t know about search engines or the concept of distinct web sites vs. the Internet as a whole and have no understanding of how any of it really works. They may or may not know how to find out more about these things, or even that these kinds of concepts and issues exist. There’s a lot of room for variation here, some people have a really difficult time wrapping their minds around the very logical way that computers work…the training issue almost comes back around to an accessibility issue at that point.

]]> By: Christopher Phillips http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/#comment-620 Christopher Phillips Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:30:35 +0000 http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/#comment-620 Thanks for stopping by again Scott- it's good to see a familiar name. I suppose you can't really prioritize which of the three is most important in general, although each is worth considering when looking at specific situations where access is a problem. Thanks for stopping by again Scott- it’s good to see a familiar name. I suppose you can’t really prioritize which of the three is most important in general, although each is worth considering when looking at specific situations where access is a problem.

]]> By: Scott Rains http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/#comment-619 Scott Rains Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:00:02 +0000 http://curbcut.net/accessibility/accessibility-availability-and-affordability/#comment-619 Christopher, Three difficult choices and I can't say that I could fairly prioritize them but I did want to welcome you back to blogging regularly. I look forward to reading your insights. Scott Christopher,

Three difficult choices and I can’t say that I could fairly prioritize them but I did want to welcome you back to blogging regularly. I look forward to reading your insights.

Scott

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