[thelist] targeting effectively

[Ben Dyer]

On 09:32 AM 3/26/2002, Erik Mattheis said to me:
>>  >So we agree, right?
>>
>>Yes, with the proviso that for WAI Priority 1 issues,
>
>What is a "WAI Priority 1 issue" and whatever it is, what does it
>have to do with my decision to exclude some people that just don't
>have their system set up to work with what I need to do?

<http://www.w3.org/WAI/>

(And this is for everyone...)

There is a serious problem in the web development community regarding the
callousness towards the disabled.  "It restricts what I can do," "it's more
difficult to implement the bleeding edge cool shit," these are the lamest,
most selfish excuses I've ever heard in my life.

This is about access, people.  Providing access for *everyone*, not just
people who happen to have IE 5.5 and no visual, auditory, physical and
mental impairments.  Does anyone ever bother for two seconds to think about
how others might use what you create?

It is not difficult.
It is not hard.
It does not cost a fortune.
And, bottom line, if you don't give a crap about accessibility, it's
bigotry: a narrow-minded intolerance of others.

And excuse me for being a pissed-off hothead, but there's no excuse for
pure disregard for accessibility.  I do understand that some are learning
and I do understand that most of you understand that people on the internet
are more than just a statistic or a percentage...

--Ben


Ben Dyer, Senior Internet Developer, Imaginuity Interactive
http://www.imaginuity.com/

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