It seems like we are making the world "less free" by forcing companies/corporations/individuals to conform to "equality" laws. Isn't this just another form of conformity and regulation?
Francesco On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:51:05 +1100, "Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gary Menzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2005 3:55 PM > > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > > Subject: Re: [WSG] GMail... Terrible! > > > > I'll repeat myself - just so that people know I am serious > > about this...... > > > > There are plenty of accesible free webmail clients available. > > > > Explan to me why GMail has to make it's product accessible to > > everyone? > > To continue evolving into a society that treats everybody equally, there > is > no reason why companies should not TRY to make their websites as > accessible > as possible, considering the little amount of effort required. I can > understand if companies do not fulfil all the different priorities, but > we > can at least try, hey? > > > And quoting the laws about discrimination wont cut it. They have the > > right to shoot themselves in the foot and lose all the users who can't > > access their FREE site because of all the other alternatives. > > I don't even have to quote legal issues - it's a matter of moral. A lot > of > websites do not fulfil accessibility guidelines, but that is mostly > because > they don't know much about them. The big difference is that GMail should > know better. I am sure they have got enough people around that could > quickly > and easily make the website more accessible. > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > Francesco Sanfilippo ------------------------------------------- Blackcoil Productions - http://blackcoil.com URL123 Link Service - http://url123.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
