From: Karim Lakhani 
Subject: Re: webwatch-l www.guidedogs.com  not accessible via Windows
I use jfw 2.00.29 and have graphics turned on went to the site in question
and had no problems using it.
No person is your friend, who demands your silence, or denies your  right
to  grow!!!!
Karim Lakhani.
email: lakhani1@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Tom Lange wrote:
> Hi Pete,
> Hmmm, I bet you have graphics turned on in both Netscape and Internet
> Explorer. I usually check a site with graphics on and with graphics off
> before I dismiss a site as being inaccessible. I suggest that you do
> likewise. Last week I paid a visit to www.guidedogs.com in both modes just
> to see how it behaved. Without graphics loaded, I had no trouble
> whatsoever using Window-Eyes or JFW version 3. Actually, the site is, in
> my view, well thought out and well-behaved. Ditch the graphics and you'll
> be all right. Might I also suggest, kind sir, that you refrain from
> bashing the site builder or organization to whom the site belongs until
> you do a thorough analysis of the situation. Going off half-cocked like
> that isn't cool and ticks people off, not to mention  that it casts doubt
> on your credibility. Let me hasten to add that this isn't a flame, just a
> reproach. I will look at the site again and gladly eat my words if the
> site has changed  sufficiently within the past week to render it unusable. 
> 
> Tom
> 
> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Pete Donahue wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello listers,
> > 
> > Last night I went to the Guide Dogs for the Blind Web Site at
> > http://www.guidedogs.com, and much to my surprise found that I could not
> > access the hyper links with either Netscape Navigator or Internet
> > Explorer.  I would very strongly urge all Guide Dogs GRaduates to contact
> > GDB, and let them know on no uncertain terms that this kind ofdesign is
> > unacceptible; expecially when it comes from an agency for the blind.  One
> > wonders if the company hosting this web site was given a lesson in making
> > ttheir web pages accessible for the blind.  Why did Guide Dogs not demand
> > that this be done?  This situation needs to be remedied if we areto be
> > able to access the material on this site in Windows.  Again, I want to
> > urge GDB Graduates to contact both Guide Dogs for the Blind, and members
> > of the GDB Gracuate Counsel to see to it  that the GDB Site is redesigned
> > to permit Windows access by the blind.
> > 
> > Peter Donahue
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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