Posted by william.clarke on 12/18/43 11:50

Visionary wrote:
> As for my design skills... True they might be lacking, but I believe
> the problems anybody may have with the site is on their end. I'm not
> conforming to some public standard of white background/black text. I'm
> not aiming for blind people. I designed that site with my monitors
> brightness at 15 (out of 100) and contrast all the way up. I had over
> 30 people beta test the site and give me suggestions and critiques.
>
> It's a design team's site, and it isn't even public yet (in the sense
> that there is no active campaigning). That's not to say that the site
> doesn't meet standards:
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avlabsdesign.com%2F

Accessibility should still be a design consideration, and you really
don't have to do that much more work to at least meet WAI WCAG Level 1
Priority Checkpoints ( http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html
) and as to "why", have a look here
http://www.w3schools.com/quality/quality_accessibility.asp .

It's great that your site is valid "Transitional HTML 4.0", but lately
I've been aiming to get all the sites I maintain/develop up to at least
the strict DTD, if not valid Strict XHTML 1.0. But I have to agree with
others who have pointed that just meeting a standard isn't enough, some
of the worst code I've ever seen was entirely standards-compliant.
Compliance isn't a shield to hide behind, it should just be one of your
normal design considerations.

And complaining about Jerry's post actually highlights the fact you
haven't spent much time around here. Jerry and a number of the others
who replied to you are very willing to help newbies/learners as well as
more experienced developers and their opinions and comments are based
on real experience.

By the way I've loved your reply "...And I was asking for novice -
experienced programmers. Not some professional who went to college and
is looking for a 6 figure salary..." I meet two of those criteria, I'm
an experienced programmer and I went to college and university but I
have never earned a 6 figure salary...so, am I inside or outside the
scope of your ad?

</rant>

Actually, just ignore me, it's been a busy week and there are two
painful PeopleSoft issues waiting for me when I get back to work on
Monday...

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