Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Tempest in a teapot Re: Designing Accessible Websites

Author:Jonathan Hendry
Posted:5/6/1999; 10:23:35 AM
Topic:Designing Accessible Websites
Msg #:5744 (In response to 5735)
Prev/Next:5743 / 5745

Turns out this is probably not such a big deal.

The article is a bit misleading. As I mention in another message, the article says that new regulations/guidelines will prohibit use of multiple languages. This is illogical, since the alleged prohibition would prevent a government website from having a link titled 'Se Habla Espanol', leading to a Spanish version of the site. Hardly an advance for accessibility!

In reality, the guidelines ask that websites merely *identify* the languages used, in the markup language. That way, alternate browsing technologies can deal with the text or at least fail gracefully.

The article in question has created a lot of debate on the Freedom Forum's online discussion forums, which would be worth a look.

http://truman.fac.org/forum/roomdetail.asp?roomID=4




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