- From: <Lovey@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:22:11 EDT
- To: jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov, w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
In a message dated 8/12/98 1:52:00 PM, jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov wrote: <<A well designed flyer sent to design houses might be a worth while endeavor along with an advertising campaign to spread the word. >> Has there ever been any legal action taken against a website for non- compliance with ADA in the US? I have been writing to the tech support at sites I visit (a recent was ABC's website - ghastly!) I have not rec'd many replies - mostly auto generated "We'll get back to you " or "we'll bring this to the attention of our Engineers". A grassroots approach can be effective as well. Below is the reply I rec'd from Bare Bones makers of BBEdit - not a great response - but a prompt and positive one nonetheless: <------------snip-------------> In a message dated 8/12/98 1:22:53 PM, Christian Smith wrote: Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 1:22:53 PM From: support@barebones.com Subj: Re: Accessibility To: Lovey@aol.com From: support@barebones.com (BBSW Tech Support) To: Lovey@aol.com (Lovey@aol.com) > Greetings, > I am disabled and I use BBEdit - I love it. Yet... I am concerned. Will > future versions of BBEdit be HTML 4.0 compliant and have additional tools for > meeting accessibility standards such as D-Links, LABEL, LONGDESC and TITLE > attributes? Your website is not 4.0 compliant and does not meet accessibility > standards ( ref: www.cast.org). > I am hoping Bare Bones will take this issue under consideration and make it > easier to produce websites that are handicaped and disAbled friendly. It would > be a sensational first for an HTML editor and for Macs. Thank you in advance > for your time. I hope to hear from you soon. > Kindest regards, > Lovey K. Lovey (I feel like Thurston Howel), thanks for writing in. BBEdit will be gaining new tools i a future release which will provide support for HTML 4.0. As for accessibility standards, I will log this as a feature request. There are going to be a number of new tools in the next release which should actually make it easier to support developing such web sites. Christian Smith / Senior Technical Support Specialist -- Bare Bones Software, Inc. support@barebones.com P.O. Box 1048, Bedford, MA 01730-1048 http://www.barebones.com "...there is no longer a direct correspondence between the appearance of Mac OS interface elements and their behavior." - MacOS 8 HI Guidelines <-------snip----------> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- KPR. -L
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