http://www.uie.com/articles/ebay_needs_standards/ --- Christian Heilmann <codepo8 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I'm just telling you what I've read. The > > business can be made for accessibility. I'm > certainly > > not telling you that you have to recode your site. > But > > if I were building from the ground up, it's > something > > I would definitely consider. > > Which happens all the time in lalaland but nearly > never in the > enterprise level web development world. Clients have > flogged out a lot > of money for bad solutions over the years and are > not likely to ditch > them now for the sake of accessibility. Instead they > will pay some > bozo to tell them making the HTML validate and > slapping a WAI-A banner > on the site will make them accessible. Before you > start preaching > again - I know it doesn't. > > http://www.digital-web.com/articles/ten_reasons_clients_dont_care_about_accessibility/ > > I'd be happy to have an example based on _real hard > facts and money > figures_ to show to clients that accessibility pays. > > Chris > -- > Chris Heilmann > Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com > Writing: http://icant.co.uk/ > Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/ > -- > > * * Please support the community that supports you. > * * > http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip > Harvester > and archives of thelist go to: > http://lists.evolt.org > Workers of the Web, evolt ! > Anthony Ettinger ph: (408) 656-2473 blog: http://www.chovy.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com