- From: Joshue O Connor CFIT <joshue.oconnor@ncbi.ie>
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:26:30 +0100
- To: 0gb.us@0gb.us
- CC: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@gmail.com>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
0gb.us wrote: > I'm new to accessible designing, so I don't have much information or > background on the subject. But as for tips, I would say validate, > validate, validate. Validation != A11y. You can have perfectly valid code that doesn't result in accessible web content. Kevin, you may want to look at the business case for a11y, and take more of a carrot than stick approach. It shows the 'wins' that are as a result of having accessible content rather than just focusing on the 'we have to do this because of legislation, moral reasons [...]' and so on. [1] [2] HTH Josh [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/ [2] http://www.cfit.ie/news-and-commentary-archive/81-where-is-the-business-case-for-accessibility Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ncbiworkingforpeoplewithsightloss Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncbi_sightloss Check-out NCBI's Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh appeal on the following link. http://youtu.be/25P2tiuCi0U ******************************************************************** National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************
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