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The Art of Accessibility

We could call the Scojo-Designs site the “clean standard” what with its stark, no frills presentation. It fools not with heavy images and outrageous complexity. It’s a simple build — foregoing extra credit in that area. A safe build. Small with only five pages, but quite attractive in its own way. We liked it. The message was pretty clear and unobstructed. Of course, though, we had to dig and prod and poke at it with a stick, but it held up well to our scrutiny, falling short in only a handful of places. Visitor support was meager, but being a small site we did credit it a bit. And on such points as its clarity of design, it was lent some balancing support.

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After doing some grading, testing out the site’s systems, and making a few tweaks and adjustments, we’ve decided to do an official public launch of the site. This means that instead of just mentioning this project to a select group of people — folks that were kind enough to look over our collective shoulder to make sure we’re being good — we’re ready to tell the world. No doubt we’ll be continually improving the checklist and adding features, tools, and resources to this site, but for the most part we’re good to go.

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The Fiercestreet Networks site is fairly large and is notable for its more complex layout. Merit was given for the sheer amount of work put into it. And some justification was given for remotely-sourced script-generated content. We got varied results going through the checkpoints mostly due to the fact five pages are selected at random by those grading — three people in this case — and differences can be encountered. We noted some shortcomings, but the highs balanced it out. After all, here it is.

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The Black Country Living Museum site is a fine example that accessibility need not get in the way of presenting a pleasing, open, and smart design. A quick glance at this site’s source belies what’s really under the hood. It’s a vast site with a lot going for it falling short in only a couple of areas. Overall we were quite impressed, mostly with the execution and obvious thought that went behind it.

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