Posted by Mark Parnell on 10/14/05 05:05

In our last episode, windandwaves <winandwaves@coldmail.com> pronounced
to alt.html:

[accessibility]
> I have heard this argument before, but I do not think it is the case for
> business. Government sites sure, but as a business you can put whatever you
> want on your site and that, i think, is fair enough. I would not want
> anyone telling me how to structure my pages - that stops progress.

"The World Wide Web Consortium has developed web access guidelines, and
non-compliance with them by the operators of Australian websites is in
breach of the Act,"
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/media_releases/2002/72_02.html

No mention of it only applying to government.

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Mark Parnell
http://clarkecomputers.com.au
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