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Here is a problem I am thinking about at the moment; how to make content management accessible - particularly for people who are blind.
Most web based content management systems use forms, and most of the forms interfaces are not that accessible:
- Even when the browser text is made lager the text in the form field remains small.
- Most forms are not implemented using attributes such as tab order, that would make them easier for people using screen readers and keyboard controls.
- Use of tables to layout forms can often cause problems as input fields and the titles of those input fields are separated when the table is serialized.
- And then there are all the other potential access problems, as outlined by Jim Thatcher at http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse8.htm.
I have some ideas - one of which is to develop a content management system based on the use of e-mail. Most people who are blind that I know are very comfortable using e-mail.
Does this sound like a good idea?
-- Anonymous, January 15, 2003
I'm not exactly sure how you would do this. Can you expand on how you would use email to do what you want to do?
-- Anonymous, January 15, 2003
At the moment there are weblog systems that can be updated via e-mail:You send an e-mail to the server hosting the weblog containing appropriate name, password, topic title and text etc and the weblog is automatically updated.
If this can be done for a weblog, I don't see why it can't be expanded for more general use.
-- Anonymous, January 15, 2003