Thanks everyone. I'll certainly check those alternatives out, thanks Russ.
I was finding it bit daunting, since the site I am re-coding is based on ASP.NET, and as I am sure many of you know... Microsoft + ASP.NET + web = 666. The client doesn't really know what they want from the recoding. It's an education web site, and they need to obtain certain accreditation as so they can prove their accessibility. Obviously, Bobby was one of the buzzwords they picked up on.
I promised W3C validation with an eye on Bobby and 508 etc. (thank goodness I didn't *promise* Bobby validation!)
(By the way, if anyone knows of a good way round validating ASP.NET auto-generated code (i.e. <asp:datagrid...>), then I am very much all ears!!!!!!)
On 6 Mar 2004, at 09:44, russ weakley wrote:
Michael,
There are other accessibility tools that have better reputations than Bobby
now. Bobby has received growing criticism over the last few years - here is
an example:
http://www.evolt.org/article/Why_Bobby_Approved_is_not_Enough/4090/ 9278/inde
x.html?format=print
Here are some other online accessibility tools:
WAVE http://wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
UsableNet: http://www.usablenet.com/
Ask Alice: http://askalice.ssbtechnologies.com:8080/askalice/index.html
Colour Contrast Analyser (excellent tool!): http://www.juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.asp
HTH Russ
Hi Michael, hope this helps you.
Bobby will allow you to test web pages and help expose and repair barriers to
accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines,
such as Section 508 and the W3C's WCAG.
View this at - http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
It's just that thier own site above does not pass their tests, so it's a bit
of an enigma to me!
Regards, JG
--- "Michael Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry if this is such a dumb question that it displays more of my ignorance
than anything else, but this is the second time in the last few weeks I've
heard references to Bobby, but ....
Who the hell is Bobby? And what does he have to do with us?
Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com
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