Re: EOWG: Agenda for 20 May 2005 Teleconference

Judy Brewer wrote:

> 3. Retrofitting Web Sites for Accessibility

I believe that this would be a good medium for getting some "education" 
out there about the general notion of retrofitting as a "necessary evil" 
rather than just a patchup procedure.

Sort of a "we told you retrofitting was a bitch, now see to it that it 
never comes up on your watch again." By training retrofitters we might 
be tacitly condoning its source, which was the old "let's add the access 
stuff after we get the 'real' material up."

It is vital that those charged with retrofitting raise hue/cry so that 
their policies become modified to include inclusion in all their future 
plans, because most material on the Web gets replaced rather often and 
our greater concern is to obviate the need for retrofits by 
pre-ordaining accessibility as an integral part of things.

Love.