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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Matthew Revell wrote on 13/04/11 09:54:
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> On 13 April 2011 09:42, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>...
>> I really don't know anything about the technical difficulties involved
>> in making Launchpad more accessible, or maintaining whatever
>> accessibility we have. If there are some simple things that we can do,
>> we should do them.
> 
> I'll look into this further. I'm relatively ignorant of what's
> necessary and how far removed from that we are.
> 
> Who else reading this is interested in accessibility?
>...

I could give a primer, though I'm a bit rusty.
<https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/17451>

The basics are simple: remove unnecessary stuff from pages, use titles,
headings and other elements appropriately, and don't say anything solely
through colors or images.
<http://diveintoaccessibility.org/>

Probably the hardest thing is thinking of (or, for charts, generating)
appropriate alt= text for every image.

Probably the easiest thing that could be fixed right now is that
Launchpad's font size is miniscule.

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