[..] > > You can put a gun to my head and make me produce accessible code, but > > you can't make me care about it one way or the other. > > Why not? Doesn't everyone have a right to access to information? Business is business. In a free market economy one should be free to trade as one sees fit. If I feel that there is no economic benefit to me making my products accessible to a certain cross-section of the population, then that should be my choice. > Why doesn't accessibility bother you? I give money to charity, I assist old ladies in trouble, I help with the education of young children when not improper, I pet small furry animals and I generally do my best to have a positive impact on society in my free time. During work time, I assist my employers in their business. We are not a public company and we do not provide a public service. If you don't have a computer you cannot use our service. If you don't have internet connectivity you cannot use our service. If you don't have money you can't use our service. If you're blind you are free to use our service as you wish. You're also free to complain if you don't like the means of access, but somehow we are not free to ignore your complaint as we would be if you were not blind. How is this fair? We (as a company) did not enter into a contract with society, pledging to allow every person within society access to our services. We embarked on a business venture, which is wholly different. [..] > > "Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities." > > --http://section508.gov/ > > > > Bearing in mind I'm not even in the country that produced Section 508 > > let alone anything to do with its federal authorities, this has no > > relevance to me at all :) > > Yes - it is US-centric. But to write it off as irrelevant? Naive _in > excelsis_. The principles contained within the presentation still apply, > wherever you live, whether there is relevant legislation in your country > or not. I didn't say it wasn't interesting - it is. It's still not relevant, because the entire site that you posted is explaining how one's responsibilities to Section 508 affect one. Section 508 doesn't affect me at all, so it's irrelevant. Legislation regarding accessible websites isn't ging to be the Blitzkrieg that it may first appear. There has only been one successful lawsuit to my knowledge, and that was in Australia. http://www.contenu.nu/socog.html should give you some sort of idea of the future, and it's not pretty whichever way you look at it. Regards Chris Marsh