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Posted by dorayme on 10/12/06 20:41
In article <bnkfw8zy6pnw$.xhljjz2wkunp$.dlg@40tude.net>,
Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> 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
> :-)
>
I have never heard anyone wanting a website actually talk about
IE5 or the blind or the mouseless or the mouse-shys or PDA's or
mobile phones without leading questions by me... I have made
websites for people in organizations who have IT depts that have
written specifications recommending or requiring accessibility
criteria, true, but these may as well be double-dutch - sorry Els
:) - to the particular hirer. And from the look of almost every
other page at these organizations, no one seems to take a lot of
notice of these standards however generally competent and
generally useful these "non-assessible" pages are.
But I work for people who appreciate these standards, who can be
led to see they are good things. Just my experience I guess... So
I was thinking that when most people hire people to make a
website, it would be very few indeed who talked the talk.
--
dorayme
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