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Comments (5) Posted by Patrick H. Lauke on Monday, December 5, 2005

5 Comments

  1. discussion related to this article over at the accessify forum.

    Added December 5, 2005 at 7:34 pm

  2. pleased to see silktide respond – all good stuff.

    Added December 8, 2005 at 12:11 pm

  3. So says Ashley Bowers

    I hope that the United States does not adopt Britan laws on accessability. I think its great to be valid but have to valid is another thing all together.

    Added December 12, 2005 at 9:06 am

  4. So says Lar

    What’s really important is the spirit of the guidelines, not just the pass/fail.

    Automated tools are fundamentally flawed. No evaluation is complete unless it is conducted by an expert.

    One simple example is ALT text. I could put the text “image” in all of my image ALT attributes. It could then pass an automated test for the checkpoint (WCAG 1.1) but yet it fails to convey anything meaningful so should really fail.

    Added December 15, 2005 at 5:54 pm

  5. So says m

    I think what most people fail to realise is that it’s the information or service that is to be accessible, not (necessarily) the web site (although as I’ve explained to the marketdroids here, it’s so simple that there’s no reason not to do it).

    Providing the information in Braille or large print or on audio tape, etc. is perfectly acceptable (to conform to the DDA) if the information is the same as provided on (for example) a total image-only web site, regardless of what any automated tools say.

    Added January 9, 2006 at 3:32 pm

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