Re: context?

BRAVO!

Well Said!

Sincerely,

Mike Burks
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom McCain <tmccain@butler.edu>
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 12:01 AM
Subject: Re: context?


>We need mandated accessibility - and as much noise as possible - to get
>compliance moving and to make compliance high profile enough that the
>average web author becomes aware of it. More than that, mandated
>accessibility is necessary just because there are still lots of bathrooms
>that aren't accessible, no matter what the sign says.
>
>We need education to get the average web author to make a genuine effort
>to create accessible web pages. That author does not and will not use HTML
>coding but _can_ learn that accessibility is relatively easy (even
>challenging), accessibility can include bells and whistles, and
>accessibility just happens to be darn good online design.
>
>We need people in lots of places to sift the thick language of
>accessibility guidelines into understandable methods that the average web
>author will use. When we can help clean up our corner of the world, _that_
>is positive energy well spent.
>
>I think the average person reading what Ted said just might have gotten
>part of the positive message that needs to get out: Accessibility _can_ be
>done.
>
>- tom
>
>
>tom mcCain, Butler University, Indianapolis USA
>
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>Email address: tmccain@butler.edu
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>

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