Curb Cut » Images http://curbcut.net open and accessible Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ Avoiding the Gray Areas http://curbcut.net/accessibility/avoiding-the-gray-areas/ http://curbcut.net/accessibility/avoiding-the-gray-areas/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:48:37 +0000 Christopher Phillips http://curbcut.net/accessibility/avoiding-the-gray-areas/ I just caught the last of Shawn Henry’s SXSW panel. Key takeway– there are white areas of things that are good to do for accessibility and black areas of things that are bad for accessibility– avoid worrying about the gray area in the middle. She mentioned the ability of web accessibility experts to endlessly debate the ins and outs of alt text. For example:

These discussions are helpful and essential for establishing best practices. However, these discussions are harmful to the extent that a developer becomes tied up arguing about “gray areas” instead of building accessible content.

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