Dave Laycock wrote
>We are natuarlly interested in access to the Web by disabled people,
>though as I said, I expect the technology exists to do this. What
>does not exist is the standard to which page designers should work to
>avoid excluding all manner of individuals, blind deaf etc.
At the risk of sounding like a character from Cheers "I'd have to disagree
with you on that, Dave" <grin>. *Some* of the technology exists (but it
depends on whether you classify software as technology). As for the
standard - there are lots of guidelines available from various sources -
none of which is wholly successful but many of which are very useful - but
little adherence to the guidelines. And as may be apparent from my postings
on this topic last year (which it would be inappropriate for me to repeat),
we could have a little fun, and a lot of raised blood-pressure, discussing
the reasons for that.
There is quite a lot of vigorous debate about what it means to be
accessible, and whether or not there can be a design standard which creates
universally accessible electronic comms. However, it is already possible to
create accessible Web sites - depending on the nature of the information
content, and the commitment of the Web sites architects and the people who
commission such sites.
Stella O'Brien
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