Re: [WSG] Reason for leaving

On 12/08/05, Brian Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This forum has unfortunately degraded from a useful resource in regards to properly writing code for use by those with disabilities to just another HTML help group... Are the disabed really the main priority when it comes to web standards?

RE: [WSG] Reason for leaving

is charitable. It is about doing what is best for everyone. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan Stigwood Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 10:36 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Reason for leaving On 12/08/05, Brian

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Hi Duncan, Is there really that many disabled internet users? Accessibility is about usability for everyone, not any specific interest group. Millions of users on the Web don't consider themselves disabled but use features that we incorrectly consider as accessibility only features. These

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I can't remember where I read it but the article claimed that there is at least 750 million disabled people worldwide. (I know not all of them are blind etc and is probably not using the Internet... but as Vlad say Accessibility is about usability for everyone, not any specific interest group

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Are the disabed really the main priority when it comes to web standards? Not exactly, they're just one of many groups that benefit. They happen to benefit quite a lot, of course.. :) Standards benefit pretty much everyone, whether they realise it or not. Standards compliant sites are

Re: [WSG] Reason for leaving

* Brian Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-08-11 22:32]: This forum has unfortunately degraded from a useful resource in regards to properly writing code for use by those with disabilities to just another HTML help group... If you need help with tables, CSS, Divs or IE Hacks, there are a

Re: [WSG] Reason for leaving

Alan Gutierrez wrote: Where are these other groups then? Why would one jump ship when they could continue to Tango right herehttp://webstandardsgroup.org/ in the tall grass? -- Alan Gutierrez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, David Laakso - David Laakso http://www.dlaakso.com/

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The talk here is really dull, I agree Brian. On 8/12/05, Brian Grimmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This forum has unfortunately degraded from a useful resource in regards to properly writing code for use by those with disabilities to just another HTML help group... If you need help with

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Rowan Lewis The talk here is really dull, I agree Brian. Well folks, here's a crazy idea: let's start some good discussions on the principles of web standards then. We need a bit of a catalyst to get things started. Any hot topics anybody's got at the moment? Patrick