Re: accessibility testing

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 12:00 +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:

> Try it! Could be entertaining :) (and please post your experiences on 
> the Results pages or this list). This is really just intended to give 
> people a first insight into the issues facing disabled computer users, 
> but it could possibly be made more scientific later on.

Just a reminder for developers who *are* interested in a more formal
approach: there's a "test your app for accessibility" how-to at
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/testing/index.html.  

As with usability testing, though, a checklist like that is no
substitute for hands-on testing with real users, so your more pragmatic
approach might well turn out to be a useful source of bug reports and
enhancement requests.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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