Tim wrote:
Why not just use the W3C icons or the Cynthia icon tested at the page
bottom?
I'm not paying someone who knows less than me to rate my site.
Even the RNIB See it Right logo costs money. Why get sucked into a lot
of commercial greed?
The W3C or Cynthia badges only attest that a page/site passes automated
testing. A proper audit, such as the RNIB's, conscientiously carries out
manual testing and user testing. And those human testers cost money,
unfortunately...
For the more general discourse, I'd say that "trustmarks" are only as
trustworthy as the people who issue them, and the organisations that
recognise them as authoritative (same as "certificates" for accessible
web design that institutions/organisations issue for passing courses or
tests). Also, they're usually only valid at the time of the test, and
unless there's a constant, continuous monitoring and reevaluation
programme in place, their worth can only be transitory.
P
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