- From: Joyce Taylor <taymade@netnitco.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 16:38:32 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
As a designer of web sites, I always explain to my new clients that I design accessibily as I know how. I also tell them their site will not suffer from this process, that it will be eye-catching and give forth such content as my client wants the viewer to know about his/her business in the desing and manner they so choose (except for frames, which I will not do.) I have one client whose business is computers (hardware and programming.) I was explaining some points to one of this businesses' employees about accessibility and about certain government agencies and certain higher educational pages needing to be accessible. But he said this was government control and should not be allowed and doesn't agree with it and felt that not many people who were disabled actually use the internet and oneshould be made to conform pages for people with disabilites. *SIGH* When I told him about how many disabled people did use the internet he didn't say anything, but his face showed surprise. My sites pass Cast/Bobby (except a few have counters that are server-side) and I put them through 3 or 4 validators. Part of my job making a web site for a client is making it the best I can and I feel making it accessible is part of 'the best." I even have one client who has an art gallery and laughed when I told him I was making it accessible, but loved the idea of having alt descriptions for his pictures. Have no idea why I am passing this along. I just feel designing accessibly is not more difficult that not designing that way. I use notepad, BTW, and know no other way to design. May I never get to the point where I feel designing for accessiblity is too much trouble. P.S. LOL I also understand html codeing changes frequently and validator verifications do, too. But this is the job I chose because I love doing it. joyce
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