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Posted by Chaddy2222 on 10/12/06 07:43
Els wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
>
> > In article <13c705g5pavhp.1c03cco7aaba7.dlg@40tude.net>,
> > Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> >
> >> Of course not. But your clients just may expect their websites to
> >> a) work in all currently used browsers (that includes oldies like IE5
> >> as well as text browsers and screenreaders)
> >> b) be accessible to everybody, including the blind and those without a
> >> mouse.
> >
> > I would fall over backwards if my clients ever said anything as
> > sophisticated as this. I mean it. It is just not on the radar for
> > most people, I am talking intelligent people here too. I would
> > not be surprised if most clients have to a be persuaded by their
> > website makers to have such thoughts... especially if they were
> > lucky enough to have one like you to educate them. Methinks the
> > push for standards is not driven by the market (proof: look at
> > the state of it!), but by the trail blazers at alt.html and the
> > like.
>
> If that were true, I don't think I would get all those clients who
> want accessible websites. Most of them have never heard of alt.html
> :-)
>
> Not that it's driven by the market either, but I do think the latest
> laws wrt accessibility may have something to do with it. Some people
> may be scared to run into problems with the law?
> http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=67257
>
> Of course this is about the USA, but somehow my British clients also
> want accessible websites these days.
>
Yes, the UK have the DDA (I think that's what it's called, and we have
the DDA here in Aus as well.
You only need to look at the Sydney Olimpics case for details regarding
this.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc
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