Re: Some questions from CHI-WEB people

On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, David Woolley wrote:

> > 1.  Has any experimentation been done to get a sense about how much longer it
> >     takes a developer to learn accessibility issues and create a
> 
> Accessibility needs to be introduced above the developer level.  If the
> person commissioning the page imposes a particular visual presentation,

BINGO!! 

 if it is in the job spec then it gets done, if not well maybe it happens
by accident.

 this is the most important point, the owner of the site must demand
accessibility, it then becomes the designer's responsibility to meet the
job spec.

Bob

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Received on Monday, 24 December 2001 14:24:00 UTC