[thelist] acces-board.gov - is this a joke?

[Nemesis]

Peter-Paul Koch wrote:

>
> I'm currently working on a page about JavaScript and accessibility 
> (will notify the list when it's ready), and visited 
> http://www.access-board.gov/, which at first sight appears to be the 
> site of the US board concerned with accessibility issues.
>
> What do we see on the homepage? A bloody JAVA APPLET which contains 
> the main navigation, and no trace of an alternative navigation.
>
> Is this a joke? Are these just comedians pretending to be the US 
> Access Board? Or am I missing something here?
>
> For the moment I decided not to trust anything on that site (and some 
> of the rules are very weird).


The site fails because of the Applet.
Rule: 6.3.6 - All APPLET elements are required to contain both element 
content and the alt attribute.

Try the site yourself  http://www.contentquality.com/

HTH
Gary

Gary Bland
The Nemesis Project
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