IMO the way forward is not to let others fight your fights (disabled vs
bad site owners) but to pick up the glove and fight back yourself...
together with others.
I think Lea's idea about a badge is not bad. I came to think of the
"Dogme Manifesto" (wonder why) and maybe something in that direction
would be fine. Instead of "The camera must be hand-held" it could be
something like...I followed best practice (to my knowledge), the site
conforms to 508, separation of ...(strict html, css), blah blah.
I think if such a thing should have any value it need something
"official"...
Christian Montoya wrote:
On 12/6/05, Stephen Stagg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A better way to force the implementation of Accessibility standards
would be to set up a group, or just urge disabled people, to sue
companies and web hosts who serve inaccessible sites. Once people and
customers realize that getting it wrong will cost them, I'm sure that
they will soon mend their ways.
I'm pretty sure that this is the only thing that has worked in every
other industry. People don't listen until the victims (in this case
those suffering from inaccessible websites) start pressing lawsuits.
This could be a double edged sword, though. What if the client messes
up a website you deliver and the user sues both you and the client?
Would you like to be responsible for someone else messing up your
code?
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