[TYPO3-hci] Kickoff: TYPO3 4.1 (suggestions)

[Robert Markula]

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Christopher wrote:
>> But in any case, even if we were to decide to ignore item 6.3 
>> altogether, the core parts of the BE could probably be made to comply, 
>> without much difficulty, with all of WCAG 1 and 2 and most of 
>> 3--meeting as many guidelines as possible is definitely the preferable 
>> course.
> 
> Who exactly needs this? Typo3 is not easy to learn and I afraid it will 
> be even harder for people with visual disabilities (if possible at all). 
> They will not use typo3 BE anyway. Thus I do not think it is worth 
> spending time on developing "accessible" BE at all. It is the same as 
> developing aircraft cabin accessible. So far no one did that and no one 
> will do I think. It is simply not worth spending so much resources on it 
> if one person of a million may be (!) will use it.

Hi Dmitry!
I don't want to insult anyone, but reading your post makes me a angry. 
It's a slap in the face for people with disabilities.

I work with people with all kinds of disabilities, and as Christopher 
thankfully pointed out, to be disabled does not mean to be blind. There 
are hundreds, if not thousands of other - some minor, some major - 
disabilities as well, that are a barrier if you want to browse the web 
or work with a CMS.

I know actual techies in all kind of expertises (meaning: not limited to 
programmers, webdesigners et al) who were experts in their field and - 
due to an accident or an illness - are suddenly thrown out their old 
life and disabled to a lesser or larger degree. This can happen to 
anyone, even you and me, anytime, withour prior warning.
Do YOU want to tell them "hey poor little guy, that was bad luck, now 
say good bye to all that you've learned and maybe even lived for, throw 
away your old life, do something that better matches your disability. 
You are not worth it to help you making your life easier. Go join a 
self-help group."

*cooling down a bit now*

The aircraft cockpit example is a bit narrow. You/Lars are thinking 
about _administrators_ using the BE only, whereas I think of actual 
editors or normal BE users as well. And in companies and government 
institutions there are hundreds of them. Also with disabilities.

Having FE-Editing only, as Benjamin Mack suggested, is no solution, as 
e.g. in my organisation our editors work mostly with tt_news records in 
SysFolders.

Ro