Re: Another update on Postal Store on usps.com (fwd)

[Janina Sajka <janina afb net>]

Disabuse them of this false notion.

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote:

> well, they are still working on it. Notice, though, that accessibilty and jaws
> appear to be kind of synonymous. Maybe it's just because they don't have people
> working on fixing the site using other access technology. But I am testing it
> out for them periodically and they know i'm not using jaws.
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 16:33:57 -0400
> From: RAY MORGAN <RMORGAN1 email usps gov>
> To: chomiak <chomiak chartermi net>
> Cc: HAROLD STARK <HSTARK email usps gov>
> Subject: Another update on Postal Store on usps.com
> 
> 
> Cheryl,
> 
> Actually, we've made some good progress with the Postal Store web site.
> We are able to use JAWS to enter the Postal Store and make a stamp
> purchase using "Fast Stamps" (monitor turned off).  Work still remains
> to be done on the site.  For one thing, the site times out too quickly
> and doesn't ask the user if more time is needed.  This isn't good and
> will be fixed in the coming weeks.
> 
> Regarding JavaScript, our eCommerce engine is heavily oriented toward
> JavaScript.  We don't anticipate changing that in the near future.
> However, we did spend considerable effort changing the site to make it
> more accessible.  The feedback you gave us about being redirected to the
> home page has been passed to our web developers.  Hopefully they will
> have some ideas on how to quickly resolve the problem.
> 
> If you have the inclination, I would appreciate your taking another look
> at the site and letting us know what happens.
> 
> The site is pre-Section 508; but we want it to be accessible.  At this
> point the site is more accessible to at least a significant segment of
> the population who use text-to-speech readers.  Thanks again for working
> with us!
> 
> Ray Morgan
> USPS
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chomiak chartermi net at INTERNET
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 4:24 PM
> To: Morgan, Ray H - Washington, DC
> Subject: we seem to be going in the wrong direction here!
> 
> 
> Just tried the site again with links-2.1pre2. Hity the link for "buy
> stams and more" then the link for "stamps. got redirected to the home
> page with a whole bunch of instructions about resetting my browser.
> before it was at least getting as far as putting things in my cart. This
> sure doesn't seem to me like a step in the right direction, unless we're
> headed there in round-about fashion. I'm still not sure why you all are
> so dedicated to using javascript either, though the browser I am using
> does support it to some extent.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina afb net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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