[theme-reviewers] Accessible theme issues

[Joe Dolson]

Thanks for chiming in, Mel -- and thanks for your votes of support,
Edward and and Brian! I'm glad we were able to get through the
challenges of language... ;)

It would be a fabulous help if the Make/Accessibility group could help
make an impact on themes in this way; I'm certainly more than glad to
help out however I can.

Best,
Joe

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Edward Caissie
<edward.caissie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well written Mel!
>
> Obviously there is passion behind this cause and support from "core" as well
> ... it would seem the http://make.wordpress.org/accessibility group has a
> strong position to lobby for an additional tag to be added to the theme
> repository. Perhaps three tags: Accessibility-A, Accessibility-AA, and
> Accessibility-AAA? Just some food for thought ...
>
> ... and you would have my support for a new tag(s) based on these
> discussions, too.
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> SOLD
>>
>> Okay, honestly, you've made a really solid case and I almost feel I want
>> to do my part to help now. You've got me thinking about it (it's my
>> obsessive nature) and now I'm considering making some of my themes as
>> accessible as possible (which I think about in general, but perhaps not
>> enough).
>>
>> I could go point by point and rebuttal and clarify a lot, but I feel a bit
>> suffocated by your passion vs my somewhat interest (and slight laziness at
>> the moment) in the matter and I really think it would be overkill to do so,
>> so I'll just say my generalized open-ended way of speaking (and use of
>> synonyms in my mind) often clashes with those that speak in very literal
>> terms which I think is one of the biggest issues here as far as
>> misinterpretation and misunderstanding and disagreement. Overall though
>> you've made some great valid points that has changed my perspective in the
>> matter, good work :).
>>
>>
>> "Instead what is being suggested is an additional OPTIONAL review only for
>> those who WISH to flag their submitted theme as accessible."
>>
>> This was obviously my biggest concern and you've clarified to the point
>> that I think I'm on board. Perhaps themes that are tagged "accessible" (and
>> to be accessible perhaps the criteria should be that at least x number of
>> accessible features are in place or at least
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG1A-Conformance is met) could be placed in their
>> own separate ticket category so reviewers know exactly what kind of
>> attention the theme needs right away? If someone already suggested that,
>> apologies (I'm in skim mode a bit).
>>
>> So, you've turned my stubbornness into a vote. I was wrong. There can be
>> reasonable improvement in this area, I'm going to take a nap now and then
>> analyze and update some of my themes with accessibility in mind.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bryan Phillip Hadaway
>>
>>
>> Web & Graphic Designer
>> calmestghost.com
>> bhadaway at gmail.com
>>
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