Facebook Commits to Accessibility
Robin Wauters posted that Facebook has been working with the American Federation for the Blind (AFB) for two years to make their web site accessible to the visually impaired. Some suggestions I have to help make Facebook more accessibile include:
- Provide an audio narrative describing the site. It would be helpful to know what Facebook is all about. Many adults know little about “Social Networking”.
- Force the users to provide alt-tags for their images. I know this sounds harsh, but photographs are an important part of the Facebook experience and it would be helpful if users would tag their images.
- Provide help text for data entry fields. It is not always clear how fields are used and when the fields are required. Though most fields are self evident, there are times when I don’t know what Gacrbook is going to do with the input.
- Improve Java Script usage for Screen Readers. Most Web 2.0 applications have difficulty with htis.
- Allow for larger fonts for the iPhone Facebook application. This application is almost impossible to use because of the tiny fonts. I do like the navigation though.
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