Jochem, Thats been said since the conception of the w3c. I'm afraid that by the time they get enforcement (worldwide), HTML will already be dead.
-Adam On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:14:17 +0100, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrocknaphobia wrote: > > I hate to break it to you but with 90%+ market share... IE is the > > standard... regardless of what the W3C has to say about it. > > The law has more power as a de facto standard. In the EU > directive 2000/78/EC mandates accessibility for more then just > government sites. > In Germany the "Bundesgleichstellungsgesetz für Behinderte" > mandates WCAG 1.0 Priority 1 and 2 for every new government site, > and all existing sites have to be retrofitted within the next > year. (Yes Macromedia, this means no Flash RIA's, because they > use <embed> and embed does not conform to HTML which is a > requirement under WCAG 1.0 Priority 2. It has finally happened, > Flash RIA's are illegal.) > My favourite example though is the UK. The DDA, Code of Practice > III makes accessibility mandatory for commercial sites. Yes, > accessibility all the way, an explicit example from the code of > practise is the requirement to make a travel reservation site > accessible for people with special user agents (screen reader etc.). > > Like it or not, W3C standards are comming your way. Use that > knowledge now to win clients by explicitly stating conformance in > tender bids, because soon everybody else will jump on the > conformance bandwagon and you will need to find another > competitive edge. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186653 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
