Hello all,

This lady asked about web access info and I sent her the notice about "Bobby"
and this was her response.  She poses some interesting questions which I do not
feel really qualified to answer.  Anyone out there with the answer might send
them direct to her.  Thank you.

Dr Clyde Shideler

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 23:39:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judith Winter <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Web Page Accessibility

thanks, Pete.
I'm the person who asked the question.

I looked at a few pages w Bobby.

this raises a lot of questions. :-)

I give you these questions -- to share with you my thinking. I realize it
would take some time for you to answer. So, you may not wish to. In any
event, I wanted to share with you the thought process. I hope that is
useful to you. :-)

Questions that came up, from viewing Bobby on sites:
e.g.,
so, what does a blue hat mean?
what does a blue hat with symbol mean?
what does the number of hats of various kinds mean? e.g. one of each hat
at one place, 4 of one hat someplace else, a collection of assorted hats a
third place, etc.

how many hats is too many? (one) :-)

is there a list of what kinds of disabiities Bobby is trying to "service"
?  and what not?

or, is it entirely based on sight-impairments?

does bobby evaluate the various html authoring software products?

so, for example, when a "long person" wants to develop a www page for a
cause, is there a way to use Bobby to help identify which web-authoring
tools will facilitate being "Bobby-ready" ?


on the non-technical side: what other "Bobbies" are there?  i.e. are there
5 other "competing" products ? pehaps evaluating according to differnt
criteria?   What are the politics -- what is the context -- of the
Bobby method ?  Is the Boby approach alligned with one particular advocacy
sector, but not others?

thank you for your time thinking about this.

     In connection,

     Judith Winter
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