- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 18:49:39 -0400 (EDT)
- To: WAI-IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
ArsTechnica goes farther than most commentators: <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/02q3/mozilla.1/moz-2.html> <quoth> The number one reason to stick to modern standards is accessibility. The days of using only a PC to view web content are long gone, with more and more people are accessing information from PDAs, cell phones, and (soon to be) their refrigerator. More importantly, many visitors don't "experience" the internet quite the same way as the majority, relying on screen readers and other accessibility tools to interpret and provide them with the information contained in web documents. </quoth> Generally one hears calls for standards compliance to achieve "forward compatibility," reduce development time, and other developer- or technology-specific reasons. You don't often find hardcore weenies saying *the* reason to comply with standards is accessibility. Now, one could in fact dispute the assertion, but it's nice that someone from outside our little gene pool is making it. -- Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org Accessibility articles, resources, and critiques: <http://joeclark.org/access/>
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