Posted by Els on 10/12/06 06:34

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.

> I can tell you, Els, I am swelling with pride here to know
> this brave little band... oops I just fell off my chair, swelled
> too much to the right...

<g>
(vision of a Martian blowfish..)

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