- From: Lee Kowalkowski <lee.kowalkowski@googlemail.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:52:10 +0100
- To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
2009/7/2 Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>: > You stated in another reply in this thread that recent court rulings > might make people pay attention to accessibility more in the future. I > don't think that will happen. Possibly a few governmental websites > will be authored such that they are accessible, but on the whole I > don't think courts are going to affect the behavior of the masses. In the UK (EU will probably have similar), the Cabinet Office requires all government websites to have a minimum level of accessibility (WCAG AA), or face withdrawal from the .gov.uk domain. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/government_it/web_guidelines/past_consultations.aspx As quite a lot of government website development is undertaken by large organisations, there is potential for these large organisations to create more accessible websites for their non-government clients too. Also for organisations looking to compete for government contracts. Possibly not behaviour of the masses as you say. Websites created by large organisations are not cheap, but employees of such organisations do move around from time to time. -- Lee www.webdeavour.co.uk
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