Accessibility Review by Practical eCommerce
September 27, 2009 – 07:33 by Dani Iswara. Words count: 281.Last updated: Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 9:30.
Web accessibility reviews by professionals are still rare in Indonesia. Please correct me. I think website accessibility is not a popular issue here. Not yet. At least, most of weblog design competitions, government and education websites, do not have its requirements. Do we have web accessibility law?
But I knew some web authors in Indonesia put their respect on widely accessible site. Actually, they already know the theory. Some Indonesian websites have posts about web standard, usability, and accessibility. Not as much as Search Engine Optimization (SEO) topics. As far as I know, some reviews about accessible website are available in Indonesian.
In the past, I found 3-4 websites that provide free evaluation on web accessibility by human, not machine (only). One of them is Accessites.org–a group of web accessibility gurus– with its Universal Design Award. And now, one of its team member, collaborating with Practical eCommerce website, starting The Accessibility Review.
A monthly series that offers a candid assessment of an online store, providing insight for ecommerce merchants to improve the accessibility of their websites.
Joseph C. Dolson, known as Joe Dolson, one of web accessibility guru, will review your ecommerce websites submission. For free! This is not a paid consulting review. It would be superficial. But it will help website owners/authors to make their sites more accessible. Especially for disabled people.
See the first review: LorisWigsite dot com.
Request an accessibility review? Please contact: kate@practicalecommerce.com (sp*m free).
Note: I have no affiliation with Practical eCommerce site nor Joe Dolson.
You may read Universal Design Award Criteria – Indonesian Translation at Dani Iswara .Net.
Do you think accessible and standard compliance website is boring? Just like other opinion mentioned on Why Validate? (in bahasa Indonesia).
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Comment by Brian Arfi on September 27, 2009 at 15:07:32
using Google Chrome 1.0.154.43 on Windows XP
Well, nyambung yang ada di http://fauzan.dhezign.com/2009/09/02/prinsip-dasar-mendesain-website
accessibility nggak begitu populer karena web apps memang belum begitu populer di Indonesia. e-commerce pun masih berkutat pada mereka yang entry level sampai mid level.
Comment by Dani Iswara on September 27, 2009 at 17:49:50
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
Brian Arfi,
mungkin kebergunaan/usability masih lebih menjual ya jika dikonversikan dalam dunia ecommerce?
Comment by Planet Orange on September 29, 2009 at 11:52:27
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on Windows XP
accessibility & usability terkadang sulit utk di implementasikan secara bersamaan, walaupun pasti mungkin mas…
just my 2 cents
Comment by ganda on September 29, 2009 at 12:35:25
using Internet Explorer 8.0 on Windows XP
setuju dengan bang Arfi, sepertinya eCommerce di Indonesia memang belum berpikir sampai sejauh itu ya? Mungkin pemain lama seperti Bhinneka.com mulai mengadaptasi accessibility?
Mungkin mereka(para developer eCommerce) kurang memikirkan usability kah? Atau eCommercenya tanpa review pengguna? CMIIW
Atau memang hal ini kurang trends di Indonesia?
Comment by Dani Iswara on September 29, 2009 at 17:44:04
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
Planet Orange,
padahal sebagian SEO sudah mencakup beberapa poin aksesibilitas dan usability.
Comment by Dani Iswara on September 29, 2009 at 17:52:10
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
ganda,
biar pelaku eCommerce yang menjawabnya.
walau tidak mengadopsi aksesibilitas dengan nyata, setidaknya konsep SEO sedikit banyak pasti sudah diimplementasikan.
kalo dari target pengguna/calon pembeli, seberapa banyak sih pengguna dari kalangan difabel? atau yang men-disable gambar/animasi saat eye-shopping?
sepertinya lebih menjanjikan usability dibanding aksesibilitas. cmiiw
kalo review bhinneka, bisa ditelusuri di google [narsis mode: on].
Comment by fanari on September 29, 2009 at 19:30:16
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on Windows XP
Apakah web accesibility itu hubungannya selalu dengan orang difabel?
Comment by Dani Iswara on September 29, 2009 at 20:11:06
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
fanari,
jika bisa sih, aksesibel seluas-luasnya oleh manusia normal, mesin telusur Internet, termasuk screen reader (difabel), voice browser, small screen, touch screen, keyboard only users, dan pemakai Internet lambat. tergantung target pengunjung. atau ekstremnya, tanpa diskriminasi.
Comment by choen on September 30, 2009 at 19:29:36
using FirePHP 0.3
wah tampaknya gw terlalu egois selama ini ngak perhatian sama persoalan “accessibility”
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Comment by fanari on September 30, 2009 at 22:04:33
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on Windows XP
Berarti saya nggak perlu membuang-buang waktu untuk aksesibilitas ya, kalau target pengunjung saya bukan untuk difabel
Comment by Dani Iswara on September 30, 2009 at 22:17:48
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
choen,
kembali ke target pengunjung aja kan kalo memang mau dikonversi.
Comment by Dani Iswara on September 30, 2009 at 22:48:24
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
fanari,
apalagi kalo memang ngga ada hukumnya, ngga ada yang maksa kan..tapi ternyata beberapa konsep aksesibilitas juga terpakai untuk mesin telusur Internet yang ‘buta’.
Comment by ryodimas on October 1, 2009 at 22:02:58
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on Windows XP
artikel yang menarik…
Comment by nara on October 2, 2009 at 23:36:31
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on Windows Vista
entah jeg untuk kepentingan apa saja khan bli dani sudah tetep sering menggalakkan dengan artikel yang selalu menggugah selera untuk selalu belajar oprek info tentang web dan isinya
Comment by Dani Iswara on October 3, 2009 at 02:55:57
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
nara,
jah kan cuman catetan ngga penting..
Comment by Bagol on October 5, 2009 at 10:59:45
using Opera Mini 9.60
Thanks artikelnya sob. ternyata ad hal2 lain yg harus saya prhatikan di ranah perwebsitean ini
Comment by Dani Iswara on October 5, 2009 at 16:16:54
using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 on openSUSE Linux
Bagol,
normatif defacto, selama belum ada hukum sejenis section 508, disability discrimination act (DDA).