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Posted by wleahy on June 2, 2016 at 8:08pm

For anyone that missed it, here's my PowerPoint on Web Accessibility.

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Accessibility Easy Checks.ppt4.52 MB

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Thanks!

Posted by mdmattin on June 2, 2016 at 8:19pm
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That was a great presentation.

Appreciate it.

Posted by wleahy on June 3, 2016 at 12:40pm
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Thank you, Matthew.

Continuing Conversation

Posted by sdelorey on June 6, 2016 at 1:14pm
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Bill,

I want to second that I really enjoyed the presentation, it is really nice to be able to discuss these standards.

To continue the conversation we had about Page Titles the w3.org site does not explicitly mention pipes vs. dashes. However, the site itself does use dashes, and in the section about page titles it states:

Poor titles:
Welcome to home page of Acme Web Solutions, Inc.
Acme Web Solutions, Inc. | About Us
Acme Web Solutions, Inc. | Contact Us
Acme Web Solutions, Inc. | History
Better page titles:
Acme Web Solutions home page
About Acme Web Solutions
Contact Acme Web Solutions
History of Acme Web Solutions

Their intent is truly focused on the order of the page titles, but it is noteworthy that they do not use pipes on their site.

Hope this is useful!

Samm

Thanks for the update.

Posted by wleahy on June 13, 2016 at 12:35pm
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Thanks for the update, Samm.

I spoke with Rob about this and his suggestion for using the dash in stead of the vertical bar was something that he and a few others came up with to shorten what a screen reader would say - dash vs vertical bar. This was more of preference than any rule written anywhere.

He mentioned: “Dash” has one syllable and “vertical bar” has four.

Though, I think everyone is in agreement that the order of the page title is the most important aspect.

Thanks for posting your Web Accessibility presentation

Posted by gparsloe on June 18, 2016 at 1:42pm
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Hello. Thanks for creating and posting your Web Accessibility PowerPoint presentation! I really appreciate how helpfully organized and packed with information it is. It's also nice that you end it with the reassuring 'Final Thoughts' about how challenging and worthwhile accessibility is. I missed that meeting, so am especially thankful that you uploaded it for all to see. -Gail

Thanks.

Posted by wleahy on June 20, 2016 at 3:06pm
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Thanks, Gail. I'm glad you found the presentation useful.

I'm glad that so many people are interested in this topic.

-Bill