Just for information, it's called the DDA in the UK as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_Discrimination_Act_1995

Matthew.

Le 30 septembre 2011 07:19, Ryan Schipper <[email protected]> a écrit :

> Hi Rakesh,
>
> By the reference to the DDA, I'm assuming you're in Australia.
>
> By law, all services and information provided through the Internet
> require DDA compliance (where reasonable). This is not surprising
> considering the statistics: in 1988, 16% of Australians were disabled
> (
> http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/9ba0bb65ce08ccc6ca2570820081db23/1618215db8a5c6abca25692d0083019d!OpenDocument
> ).
> Given the increasing capabilities in curative and palliative medicine
> in 1st world countries, this number is only going to climb.
>
> There are a lot of resources available online to assist you in
> designing and implementing DDA-compliant web sites.
>
> Click here for more info:
> http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html
>
> -- Ryan Schipper
>
> On 30 September 2011 08:06, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > well its certainly true the foundations are probably shaky.
> > From what I can gather, it seems to be an interpretation of the
> Disability
> > and Discrimination Act (DDA).
> > Fortunately, the senior architect spoke to me earlier and says he is
> close
> > to having the decision reversed. The only down side is that we probably
> > aren't DDA compliant anyway!!
> > Rakesh
> >
> > On 29 September 2011 18:48, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> You could try to make the case based on something they understand.
> >>
> >> MONEY
> >>
> >> Tell them how much more it will cost, wasted time, and that no sales
> come
> >> from it. If you lay it out in a very logical way such that they
> understand
> >> it is a waste of time and money and won't affect the bottom line, then
> you
> >> have a chance.
> >>
> >> Or, you need to do some asking around to figure out why the company
> wants
> >> non-JS functionality. They might have a good reason or it could be
> something
> >> deeply seated that will be very hard to root out.
> >>
> >> I used to work for a company that mandated IE6 compatibility. It caused
> >> nothing but trouble with the development. It was to ensure everyone
> could
> >> continue to use the application, but there was a catch. Users used IE6
> >> because that was the only browser that the site would work with. So of
> >> course that was what all the reports would show and thus management
> thought
> >> they had to support that. There was no discussion of regressing nicely
> or
> >> changing requirements to use a new browser. That site was stuck in IE6
> and
> >> nothing could be done to free it from those shackles.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Rakesh <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi folks,
> >>> I would be interested in experiences/opnions about supporting non JS.
> >>> My current. commercial, company insists that we need to maintain non JS
> >>> functionality on our site. What this has done is complicate enormously
> the
> >>> front end and the back end.
> >>> Going forward I would like to propose moving our architecture to GWT
> but
> >>> that would mean losing non JS support (but gaining so much more in
> other
> >>> areas).
> >>> What do others do? Maintain a separate site? Choose not to support non
> JS
> >>> browsers (perhaps showing a page to call instead)?
> >>> BTW, according to the stats we make zero sales from non JS visitors -
> and
> >>> it seems all the visitors are from our won testing dept!!! Somehow the
> upper
> >>> levels of business have got it into their heads that non JS version of
> our
> >>> site is mandatory (maybe even illegal not to do so).
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Rakesh
> >>>
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