http://www.phunkadelik.com/blog/2006/06/19/web-standards-v2/ General musings on a little bit of everything Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:23:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.phunkadelik.com/blog/2006/06/19/web-standards-v2/comment-page-1/#comment-51 caroline Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:26:13 +0000 http://www.phunkadelik.com/blog/2006/06/19/web-standards-v2/#comment-51 Jon - you been overdosing on the sweets again? :D Its true though, there are so many sites out there that don't even meet the right levels of accessibility, and those that do adhere to the guidelines are often not accessible anyway because they haven't tested it with the relevant end users that use screen readers, magnifiers, etc. Jon - you been overdosing on the sweets again? Its true though, there are so many sites out there that don’t even meet the right levels of accessibility, and those that do adhere to the guidelines are often not accessible anyway because they haven’t tested it with the relevant end users that use screen readers, magnifiers, etc.

]]> http://www.phunkadelik.com/blog/2006/06/19/web-standards-v2/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Jonathan Conway Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.phunkadelik.com/blog/2006/06/19/web-standards-v2/#comment-48 I usually just tell them that if they're a business and they're based in the UK then they're legally liable to provide an accessible web site. Of course some of the worst sites I've come across are actually government or local council web sites. The people who they award those contracts to develop some of those piles of shit should be thrown into fermenting ferret urine. Oh, and then squashed by a giant squashing machine that can only be pictured in my strange and dearanged mind (you can be rest assured this squashing machine in my head is of such awesome squashing-ness that all those that behold it quiver in a squashing frenzy). I usually just tell them that if they’re a business and they’re based in the UK then they’re legally liable to provide an accessible web site. Of course some of the worst sites I’ve come across are actually government or local council web sites.
The people who they award those contracts to develop some of those piles of shit should be thrown into fermenting ferret urine. Oh, and then squashed by a giant squashing machine that can only be pictured in my strange and dearanged mind (you can be rest assured this squashing machine in my head is of such awesome squashing-ness that all those that behold it quiver in a squashing frenzy).

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