[thelist] targeting effectively

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Erik

The position, rather, is "The expectation is that it will be 100%
compliant. If you wish to deviate from that, it's not impossible, but
deviations will be managed by exception - you need to make a case complete
with an impact assessment to do so"

Although in an increasing number of environments, making a site which
requires client-side scripting (Javascript, Java, Flash etc) to operate its
core functionality is getting very, very heavy slaps from legal
departments:
http://www.tomw.net.au/2001/bat2001.html
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#tech-scripts
http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/sloan.html#5.1

Note that in the UK, there is also legislation covering discrimination in
employment, so a JS-requiring CMS is also in trouble.

Cheers
Martin


Subject:    Re: [thelist] targeting effectively


>I'm feeling pretty sorry for aardvark and .jeff right now as they have
>had to state the same points a number of times, a lot of good points,
>just because
>it seems that people don't listen.

It's not that some people don't listen: it's that some people, when
hearing that coding for standards is a good idea turn it into "Unless
it's 100% compliant, it's a bad idea."



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