- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:48:29 +0000 (GMT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> As such, by looking ahead, it is possible to avoid potential future legal > action by introducing accessibility now. In much the same way as it is I see no sign of British e-commerce doing this (and British e-commerce sites tend to be particularly bad). I suggest that this means that there has been inadequate consultation with the people who will be most affected. There are also other issues with legislation, to do with the tendency to polarise. There is some danger that people with play safe and remove web sites entirely, thus destroying the value of those parts of the web which carry real information (most e-commerce carries little information other than stock lists and prices). What I've seen of an earlier code of practice suggests that there are lots of things that could be used as exemptions in those cases, but some may consider the cost of establishing the boundary too high. Unfortunately I don't have time to flesh this point out now. On the other hand, I doubt that sites that use the web in support of another business than information will ever become accessible without a stick to wave over them.
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