CMS for accessibility

CMS for accessibility

Posted Nov 6, 2003 17:32 UTC (Thu) by AnswerGuy (subscriber, #1256)
In reply to: CMS for accessibility by sdoyon
Parent article: Will the real Linux Gazette please stand up?

He might be visually impaired but not blind. Perhaps the Drupal-driven site's fonts (small), wording, and nagivation are making it harder for him. Also the Drupal-driven site seems to require javascript to traverse some links or provide other functionality and many blind people still prefer to use lynx or other curses mode browsers.

Over the years I never heard a complaint that the old Linux Gazette was too "old-fashioned." To the contrary all the feedback I've ever seen has expressed a preference for its simplicity, its focus on content rather than "dynamic" features. The fact is that all the bells and whistles on the web have made it far less accessible. (One thing I appreciated about LWN's migration to Quixote is the degree to which they avoided such problems).

BTW: the lg.COM site should not be taken as a denigration on Drupal's features. Drupal seems to be capable and can be more visually appealing. DebianPlanet is a drupal-driven site. I haven't seen any Javascript problems those.

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