This is a Netscape vs. Internet Explorer issue.  The page is fine in IE,
but not in Netscape, using the latest versions of both.

Ed Bettinardi

Ellen Perlow wrote:

> Dear List Members and Accessibility Advocates:
>
> Re the "Send Your Opinion on [AT] Technology Needs to the White
> House" survey input form at:
>
> http://www.conwal.com/icdr/execmemo/input.html
>
> The form is inaccessible ... also for people (unlike myself) with
> 20/20 vision.
>
> 1.  The page does not validate W3C.
>
> 2.  The page design with a dark blue vertical bar down the left side
> of the page on which text in black overflows makes the text (the
> questions you are supposed to answer) unreadable.
>
> 3. The text boxes in which you write your answers are not large
> enough, there is no text wrap, so you cannot read what you are writing.
>
> Somehow I did complete and submit my form recommending that the
> responsible parties make the form accessible ASAP.   I just
> called the Interagency Committee on Disability Research that is
> co-sponsoring this survey at: 1-800-266-1832 and alerted the
> agency to the inaccessibility of the survey.
>
> Ellen Perlow
> Chair, ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee
> "Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates Diversity"
> http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html
> Next Application Submission Deadline: March 1, 2001
> ALA 2001 Scholarship Application page:
> http://www.ala.org/work/awards/scholars.html
> Have YOU recruited a Century Scholarship applicant today?
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