I agree it's totally mind-blowing to have a project that cares about accessibility so much and in so many directions! \o/
I mostly agree about 'click' and 'type' but can you think of appropriate language for submitting forms where the buttons aren't labeled 'submit' and users don't usually know what "sumbit the form" means? I can't think of clearer language than 'click on the BLAH button', personally.
And about your CSS/images test - I usually load images (although I have 'use placeholders' set for everything but small ones) but my basic method of reading involves wiping all site-loaded CSS and most other formatting and replacing it with what suits my eyes - white text on green. I read everything that's longer than 2-3 paragraphs this way, so pretty much all journal stuff.
I have a bookmarklet that does it, for anybody that's interested you can try this one:
(For those unfamiliar with bookmarklets, it'll go back to normal if you reload the page or click on any link). I think I got the escaping on that right, I guess I'll see when I post it ...
The bookmarklet's built for Firefox but last I checked it worked in Safari too so it should work with Chrome. No guesses about MSIE though. If it actually looks useful to you guys I can easily modify it so it leaves you with black text on white - probably easier for those with normal eyesight!
(Actually I have 3 bookmarklets, this is the "first level" one and there's two more than do heavier duty formatting removal for stubborn sites with nasty things like tables for layout. Happy to share if anybody's interested.)
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I mostly agree about 'click' and 'type' but can you think of appropriate language for submitting forms where the buttons aren't labeled 'submit' and users don't usually know what "sumbit the form" means? I can't think of clearer language than 'click on the BLAH button', personally.
And about your CSS/images test - I usually load images (although I have 'use placeholders' set for everything but small ones) but my basic method of reading involves wiping all site-loaded CSS and most other formatting and replacing it with what suits my eyes - white text on green. I read everything that's longer than 2-3 paragraphs this way, so pretty much all journal stuff.
I have a bookmarklet that does it, for anybody that's interested you can try this one:
Zap Formatting And Replace With Ricky's
(For those unfamiliar with bookmarklets, it'll go back to normal if you reload the page or click on any link). I think I got the escaping on that right, I guess I'll see when I post it ...
The bookmarklet's built for Firefox but last I checked it worked in Safari too so it should work with Chrome. No guesses about MSIE though. If it actually looks useful to you guys I can easily modify it so it leaves you with black text on white - probably easier for those with normal eyesight!
(Actually I have 3 bookmarklets, this is the "first level" one and there's two more than do heavier duty formatting removal for stubborn sites with nasty things like tables for layout. Happy to share if anybody's interested.)
Cheers,
r