> -----Original Message----- > From: Hugh Todd > > Scott, you said, > > > If this IS the case, what benefits are we getting as developers for > > taking on extra headaches in making it W3C compliant (who by the way > > aren't an international elected body - more of a group that have taken > > liberty to makeup standards). > > Who would elect such a body? Web designers? Governments? Users? The UN? > > As it is, we have the major browser manufacturers on board, the guy who > invented the web heading it up, and some of the clearest-thinking, most > far-sighted people in the web community making contributions that aim > to free the web from proprietory chains and dead-end hacks, with as > elegant solutions as can be devised. What more could you want? > > Down with proprietory solutions, I say! > > -Hugh Todd >
Agreed, and if you read the discussion on the WAI-GL (not something I would recommend, cause it can be incredibly boring), IMHO, those people working on the WAI standards are working very hard to be inclusive of every possibility, and the last thing they want to do is make life difficult for developers. That is the intention at least. It's a very difficult challenge to address accessibility requirements and and provide a set of open development standards. Geoff Deering ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
