- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:33:01 -0800
- To: "Taylor-Made" <taymade@home.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 10:24 AM 2/18/2000 , Taylor-Made wrote: >But, I have never felt that designing accessibly was harder than not nor >that it really took more time. Joyce, we have to make a distinction between "designing accessibly" -- which is a mindset, a method, a general way you do things -- and specific accessible web design techniques. The mindset in which one designs accessibly, with a concern for those who may not access the web in the manner that we -- or the majority of current users -- access the web, does not put a burden on the creator. In fact, it's liberating once you realize the potential of the web and how you utilize the full power of the world wide web concept. However, there are specific techniques for -doing- accessible web design that may take time, and sometimes may take considerable time (or cost). So it's important to make a distinction between the philosophy of accessible web design, and the practice of accessible web techniques. -- Kynn Bartlett mailto:kynn@hwg.org President, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ AWARE Center Director http://aware.hwg.org/
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