James Jeffery wrote:
However, if
you want see an example where prestige is also crucial, but the designer
has use compliant methods and passed 508 validation (at least) see:
http://www.fosterandpartners
.com/Practice/Default.aspx
I dont mean to pick on this website, but from looking at the source i
can already
see a few minor faults. Maybe there is a purpose, i dont know. But the
navigation links should be within a list. There is an empty div for
the divider,
there are other methods to do the same thing.
Anyway taking this back on topic. Ive seen a number of great replies to
this message, its made me think a little more and before i write this
article i best
get back to the drawing board with some hard facts.
And back to the point regarding laws, i cant see how they would create
and major limitations, a law to say that a website must be accessible and
follow the guidelines set wouldn't hold much back. Or some sort of
convention
so that disabled users can quickly find there way to the accessible
pages.
I will have a good hard think about this over the next day or so.
Thanks All.
On 8/15/07, *Designer* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>Frank Palinkas wrote:
>
> IMHO I would like to add one important factor to
this. Money.
I would like to throw a spanner in the works here. There are cases
where
a client is as interested in PRESTIGE as he is in money. See, for
example:
http://www.habitat.co.uk/uk/main_uk.htm
as a case where prestige/image is crucial to the
business. However, if
you want see an example where prestige is also crucial, but the
designer
has use compliant methods and passed 508 validation (at least) see:
http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Practice/Default.aspx
<http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Practice/Default.aspx>
An excellent site! It is interesting to note that, 12 months ago,
this
site was Flash, with a poor html version as second choice. This is no
longer necessary. Inspirational work!
My point is that the client shouldn't need to know anything about the
inner cogs and wheels. An experienced designer <em>should <em> be
able
to give the client whatever he wants and (although often difficult and
challenging) he can do this without sacrificing standards or
accessibility.
--
Bob
www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk <http://www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk>
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Interesting that http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Practice/Default.aspx
page passes the HTML validation but fails the CSS validation as provided
by the W3C. The other pages on the site Also fail validation on HTML as
well. I have yet to see a web page that is fully compliant with
HTML,CSS,WAI that was appealing to the eyes let alone done with
Macromedia Flash.
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