Accessible Layouts

[kaigou]

Title:
Accessible Layouts

Area:
Identifying accessible layouts

Summary:
It'd be good to make it easier on folks with vision issues (or who use handhelds) so they can quickly and easily find layouts suited to their purposes.

Description:
I presume eventually DW will follow LJ's path of having provided layouts tagged (seasonal, colorful, minimal, etc). I think there needs to be a tag for users with vision issues, so they can quickly and easily find layouts that are usable with screen readers, screen magnifiers, even handheld devices. (The latter two work best with single-column layouts.)

The same tag, or an overlapping tag (meaning some layouts would qualify as both), would sort out the high-contrast or reverse layouts (stark white on black, stark white on wordperfect blue). Then another tag for layouts with default fonts greater than 14px, and a tag for low-contrast layouts, for users who actually *get* vision problems from too many high-contrast designs.

So there's the categories: vision-accessible, high contrast, low contrast, single-column, and large-font. If I were really dreaming, I'd suggest DW contact its user-comm for blind/vision-impaired users and invite them to be panelists/judges for reviewing/nominating which layouts are "screen-reader-friendly" versus "screen-magnifier-friendly". That way, layouts with that designation really are tested as being good for those purposes, and not just because a good-vision person (like me) says it looks like it satisfies the basic requirements.

(For more info and a great example of designing vision-friendly, see the BBC's info pages on accessible layouts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/. It's a wealth of information.)

Poll #998 Accessible Layouts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 47

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Should be implemented as-is.
42 (89.4%)

Should be implemented with changes.
2 (4.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
3 (6.4%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Email summary of post-by-email commands/options

[cesy]

Title:
Email summary of post-by-email commands/options

Area:
post-by-email

Summary:
Feature to request an email summary of post-by-email commands.

Description:
Inspired by http://community.livejournal.com/suggestions/938685.html

Add a feature to request an email summary of the post-by-email commands. This could be simply a copy of the FAQ on email posting, including all the commands, or (vote "with changes" if you want this) it could also include a list of the names of your custom access groups, for the lj-security command, and your icon keywords.

You'd be able to click a button on the site and get an email sent to your registered address with the info that's in the FAQ, so next time you're out and about and can't remember the commands, you can look them up in your email. In an ideal world it would also be possible to request this by emailing a specific command to the post-by-email address, but that would be more complicated to implement well.

Poll #997 Email summary of post-by-email commands/options

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32

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Should be implemented as-is.
20 (62.5%)

Should be implemented with changes.
4 (12.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
8 (25.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)