- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:33:18 -0500
- To: HTML4All <list@html4all.org>
- Cc: "Ben Boyle" <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>, "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, Dannii <curiousdannii@gmail.com>, "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>
Josh wrote: Also as Chaals mentions validity is still only on the radar of a > minority of developers but the *message* that validity is important > and the tools such as validators have an impact on improving the web. > Even thought the web is built on broken code. Also WCAG etc sets the > *standard* by which accessibility compliance is judged, and of course > many fall short but thats not so important as having a clear goal to > aim for. Exactly. The fact is the W3C validator is currently used as a web accessibility teaching tool. How do I know that? I know that because I have my students use it in the classes that I teach in order to flag missing alt. It is a first step in getting that important *message* across. One of their first lessons is to validate HTML on the W3C site to be sure that it is error-free and that they have indeed examined each alt. Best Regards, Laura
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