[access-uk] Re: Action - First Capital Connect web site

  • From: "Dave Taylor" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 21:31:25 -0000

Hi,

I agree with Steve's comments below, but have taken a look anyway. I would say that the site is perfectly accessible. However, I think it is a rather disapointing effort for a company like First Group, who are the most access aware of the big transport providers by a very long way. I'm not sure what you do want on their website though as it tells you what you need to know. They are not providing any services through it that cannot be accessed because of our visual impairment.

Cheers
Dave

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Action - First Capital Connect web site


Hi Colin,

I personally dislike messages like this one, they are too vague.  Why have
you brought up this web site in particular? Taking a brief look at it with
Window-Eyes and IE 7, it is perfectly accessible, even to the point of
altering font size, text size, etc, so they have obviously made some effort.
What prompted you to "look" at it, and have these debates?

What would be more interesting, is if you told us, if anything, the bits you
felt were not accessible, so we could look at those.  Just saying can you
look at a web site for accessibility, is not that useful, since there are
probably hundreds of links on a web site such as this one.  Or are you
asking about the timetable functions, which I haven't looked at?

Thanks, and more info please!

All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Colin Fowler
Sent: 18 November 2006 18:03
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Action - First Capital Connect web site

Hello,

I'd be ever so grateful if group members would take a look at
www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk I've been having an ongoing debate with them
ever since they took over the franchise from Thameslink in April this year,
re: accessibility of web sites.

Would people take a look at their convenience and let me have some of their
views?

Thank you most kindly

Best wishes

Colin Fowler
Disability Consultant
www.social-model.org.uk
Telephone: 01582 483 283
Text/Mobile: 07793 111 253
E mail: col.fowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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