[Irl-dean] Gmail basic mode switch - case for remembering as user preference

[Joshue O Connor]

Ross Geoghegan wrote:
> What about poor old IE + JAWS users 

Which means, what about _most_ Irish screen reader users?

IMO You have to reduce the cognitive load on the user, so any mode
switching is done behind the scenes if necessary.

> is there anything that states that
> getting users to perform an extra operation in order to make a system
> accessible is poor desing

If the extra operation is easy to perform then I would suggest no. If it
can be done once and saved as a user preference so the next time they
login the system remembers, even better.

> Again the argument for plain text is this just 'accepted wisdom'

It is, but for a reason, to get to the widest possible audience.  It can
be argued, of course, that the reasons why this is so have changed but
its still the safest bet, IMO. Some screen reader users however prefer
Accessible HTML. ( See http://www.webaim.org/articles/archives/email/).
Its a moot point.

Barry said:
> I am getting to be
> very frightened of what google is becoming. (But of course, they
> are the guys who don't "do evil", so that's all right...)

Me too. Any organisation that claims not to be evil has to be totally evil.

Well, at least Google Thought Search (GTS) ain't here (yet).

GTS Wireless, sponsors of Eurovision...

Josh






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