Even though the site is live we still have a host of usability and accessibility issues to take care of, and other functionality to put in place, so there is still a lot of work to do. Most pages validate the XHTML 1.0 Strict which is something that I am really happy about. We have some skip links about a great sans serif font stack, but we still need to accessify the main menu, add in a font resizer, PDF accessibility issues to take care, and other things.  At some point I will do a full accessibility review too.  We have our work cut out for us.

If you wander your way there and you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please use our feedback for and let us know. We are looking for an keyboard accessible menu module as well as great WYSIWYG editor too.

One of my two concerns is that they mention Section 508 of the ADA for accessibility, which is great, but within the accessibility community that is seen as not stringent enough especially when the W3C’s WCAG 2.0 is much better and comprehensive. Then again studying the WCAG is a much bigger beat to roast, so perhaps I will have to bone up on it and lend my professional opinion to the process.

They also, amazingly enough mentioned coming over from California and gathering user requirements, which is a usability thing. It was great to hear these words. I just wonder how far they will go with it. I am excited to see.