snapshot speakup survey

[Gregory Nowak]

Exactly which url did you go to off http://www.linux-speakup.org
to get to this survey?
Greg


On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:43:37PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> No problems executing the survey here with lynx 2.8.4rel.1 (17 Jul 2001) 
> 
> I don't see much in the way of accessibility issues with this form. I do 
> have a couple of points, however:
> 
> Link elements should be clearly intelligible on their own--without any 
> need to access surrounding text. UTRLs labeled "link," for example, are 
> not good practice. The applicable WAI guideline is intended to support 
> users who navigate through urls via various browser access technologies 
> and may not have direct access to the surrounding text in the process;
> 
> The form itself does not validate with HTML Tidy. I did not try 
> http://validator.w3.org, but would not expect a different result there. 
> Valid html is, of course, the foundation of good accessibility practices 
> on web pages, and I believe we should model what we preach as much as 
> practical;
> 
> In the first question, "Where do you use speakup?," what is meant by 
> "school" as opposed to "college or university?" In other words, wouldn't 
> everyone checking off "college or university" also check off "school," 
> inasmuch as a college or a university is certainly a school by all 
> accepted usages of English?;
> 
> What, exactly, is this survey supposed to discover? It perports to be 
> about future developments, but only questions regarding curent use are 
> asked. Are we to surmise that some users will receive support in the 
> future, while others will not? Certainly this can't be the case. So, what, 
> exactly, is this survey supposed to show?
> 
> 
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