I think everyone's put forward
excellent arguments, thus far.
It's important to remember that a
lot of the time the 'why are we doing this' questions get asked because we're
after a reasonable justification for both ourselves and our clients. I don't
think it's enough to do something purely becuase it feels right and it's warm
and fuzzy. There are real-world concerns in our craft and we need to address the
business issues (cost vs value) as much as the usability issues (ensuring the
best conventions and treatment of our users) as much as the accessibility issues
('why do I have to have X to make this work?') as well as the moral issues
('standards are nice').
Fleshing out the reason why we do
something is just as important as the how, especially for a 'relatively' new
industry like ours.
In terms of the link to a single
page - I love this idea. Like a Creative Commons for standards-compliant web
sites :o)
So what other pages chould go
here...
1. Accessibility
Statement
2. Chage Text Size
3. Make Home Page
4. Standards Explaination (with
links to validators etc...)
Anything else?
R :o)
----- Original Message -----
>> How about if we all designated a
single page to link to which clearly explains how to change the text size in
different browsers?
From: "Ben Wrighton -
StraightForward"
