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Re: Just got this but..

From Matthew Westcott <gasman@raww.org>
Newsgroups comp.sys.sinclair
Subject Re: Just got this but..
Date 2012-01-01 16:52 +0000
Message-ID <9mbhacFfa5U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 01/01/2012 14:42, nev young wrote:
> Alistair is probably right there Brian. Many companies can't be bothered
> to make their web sites work for non Microsoft browsers, because the
> rest is such a small market.

True 5 years ago, not today. Internet Explorer has around 40% market 
share now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

> I don't know if this already exists but some sort of validation engine
> like the w3c validation service but for blind access would help as, to
> state the bloody obvious, a sighted person just can't tell if a blind
> person can access their site.

They exist, but automatic validators and checklists can only take you so 
far. They can tell you whether or not your images have alt text... they 
can't tell you whether that alt text is any good, or whether it takes 
half an hour to actually find anything.

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Just got this but.. "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-12-29 18:06 +0000
  Re: Just got this but.. "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-12-29 18:12 +0000
    Re: Just got this but.. "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 08:26 +0000
      Re: Just got this but.. "Chris Cowley" <chrrris@gmail.com> - 2012-01-01 04:02 +0000
        Re: Just got this but.. "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 10:01 +0000
          Re: Just got this but.. Guesser <alistair@alistairsserver.no-ip.org> - 2012-01-01 12:08 +0000
            Re: Just got this but.. nev young <newsforpasiphae1953@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 14:42 +0000
              Re: Just got this but.. Matthew Westcott <gasman@raww.org> - 2012-01-01 16:52 +0000
          Re: Just got this but.. "Chris Cowley" <chrrris@gmail.com> - 2012-01-02 18:16 +0000
            Re: Just got this but.. Guesser <alistair@alistairsserver.no-ip.org> - 2012-01-02 21:35 +0000
              Re: Just got this but.. "Chris Cowley" <chrrris@gmail.com> - 2012-01-02 22:34 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. nev young <newsforpasiphae1953@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-02 23:57 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2012-01-03 15:32 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. "Paul E Collins" <equi+web@cl4.invalid> - 2012-01-03 17:09 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. Guesser <alistair@alistairsserver.no-ip.org> - 2012-01-03 20:57 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. "Paul E Collins" <equi+web@cl4.invalid> - 2012-01-03 22:29 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. "Chris Cowley" <chrrris@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 15:08 +0000
                Re: Just got this but.. "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-29 10:21 +0000

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