- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 07:46:43 -0700
- To: love26@gorge.net
- Cc: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 06:25 a.m. 05/28/98 -0700, William Loughborough wrote: >Well, I finally started something! <cat-like smirk> HEh. >WL:: Of course there are copout arguments raised about this "Copout"? No, these are the types of business decisions that people who have "influence" -- the ones you want to reach -- have to make every day. >but to >accept that it will "cost millions" to begin posting accessible >materials on such and such a date (skip retrofitting for the moment) is >absolutely absurd. No it's not. If you question the "millions", then can you provide a better estimate of cost? How much _will_ it cost to produce this? >If the people making these websites are so lame they >can't incorporate a few criteria into their ritual, they are incompetent >to be doing this work. Surprise -- these people _are_ incompetent! Well, in general, most web designers are definitely incompetent when it comes to accessible web design. That's part of our problem. People aren't just _choosing_ to "not make accessible pages"; they're ignorant, both of the issues and of how to address them. There's a lot of work that needs to be done, even among "expert" web designers (let alone those who are less than expert). >This is going to happen and by putting some >pressure on we can accelerate the arrival of the "when" of it. Even if >the "edict" just sends a message of "get ready" it's worth doing. Well, I could agree with a "get ready" message, but in general, I don't let politicians tell me what I "need" to learn in my profession. :) -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@hwg.org> Vice President, Marketing and Outreach, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org Education & Outreach working group member, Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/
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