Therein lies the trouble, see, we've already gotten subjective into what is considered "accessible". I say something is an accessibility issue, you say it isn't. We're both merely forming our opinions (neither of us are stating facts - I hope you do realize that).<br>
<br>Is a media heavy website accessible to users with really slow internet? Yes, in 2012 that is still a factor, there are still even complete dead zones (no internet at all) in the US.<br><br>What about colors for the color blind?<br>
<br>What about font size, color and typography for the hard of sight?<br><br>What about sliders or flashing graphics for epileptics?<br><br>What about responsiveness for people with small screens?<br><br>And the list goes on and on and on.<br>
<br>Accessibility is a good thing, I don't see how anyone could argue that, but to enforce that standard to any degree is a tough one. Any one of the above issues might stop half the people submitting themes right now dead in their tracks. Would it be better to filter them out or help them get their theme approved anyways, because it will still be a theme with enough value to help out thousands of people?<br>
<br>And there's also simply a factor of fun here, there are a lot of awful, ugly themes in the repository, but so be it, because in the spirit of an open source community, come one, come all and contribute (and a theme I might find unusable and ugly someone else might think is awesome and perfect for their project).<br>
<br>I totally get what you're saying about at least making it possible to filter out the best quality themes from all the other themes (I just don't see how that's impossible unless we made the review process more strict). I'm curious, have you submitted or are you currently working on an accessible theme? You might consider making a theme framework called Accessibility and make it the most accessible theme there is. That would be a great way to contribute.<br>
<br>I'm sure you know more about the subject than me, but here are some links of interest:<br><br><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility">http://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility</a><br><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=accessibility">http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=accessibility</a><br>
<a href="http://thinkingaccessible.com/top-accessible-wordpress-themes/">http://thinkingaccessible.com/top-accessible-wordpress-themes/</a><br><br>I'm not sure if an admin has responded yet or not, I'm just a reviewer sharing my opinion. An admin can give more of a definitive yes/no/maybe answer.<br>
<br>Thanks, Bryan<br clear="all"><br><br>Bryan Phillip Hadaway<br>
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