- From: Kelly Ford <kford@teleport.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:09:47 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Although this is a bit of a tangent, it would be interesting to know how many, if any, of the Fortune 500 companies mentioned practice accessible web design today either externally or internally. Taking a quick browse of the home pages of the top two companies, it seems that there's a lot to happen in this environment. Both of these sites had priority one problems with accessibility on the home page. 1. GM - http://www.gm.com 2. Ford - http://www.ford.com Heck, even the page where I obtained the listing http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/ of the companies in the Fortune 500 needs a bit of work. Companies either need to see that accessibility is going to increase the bottom line or that failing to incorporate it is going to reduce it. The IPO market for net companies keeps going hot and heavy and few of these do much in the way of accessibility. I really do wonder what hook might make the business community stand up and take note of web accessibility?
Received on Tuesday, 26 October 1999 14:10:00 UTC