- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:04:26 -0800
- To: Denise Wood <Denise_Wood@operamail.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 9:25 PM -0500 12/15/01, Denise Wood wrote: >"Hey, web design companies - if you write accessible HTML you can extend your >client market to include xxxxxx people with disabilities as well as increase >your prospects for securing government contracts !" The market of "people who have disabilities who might want to hire me to make a web site" is so much smaller than the group of "people who have disabilities who might view my web site" that this is an even weaker business argument. I still believe that the only _real_ argument for web accessibility is because "it's right" -- be that for moral, religious, ethical, fairness, justice, perfectionist, or legal reasons. It may seem odd coming from the guy who wrote a list of "selfish reasons to create accessible web sites", but if you look just at this group, I'm sure there isn't anyone among us who considers this to be worth doing just because of the financial gain. Look at that list above, and if you're someone who doesn't fit any of those "it's right" categories, I'll buy--, no I'll SELL you a drink. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume January Web Accessibility eCourse http://kynn.com/+d201
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