Comments on: Compliance badges http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/compliance-badges/ Your web accessibility expert Thu, 17 May 2012 23:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nicolas http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/compliance-badges/#comment-37 Nicolas Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:11:52 +0000 http://accessibility.net.nz/?p=69#comment-37 Arielle, I'd also rather think that website should be accessible by default. It's not like it is that difficult to make a site work from an accessibility point of view. Although I *suspect* that no one would volunteer to put in a "hey I suck" badge on their site ;) Arielle, I'd also rather think that website should be accessible by default. It's not like it is that difficult to make a site work from an accessibility point of view.

Although I *suspect* that no one would volunteer to put in a "hey I suck" badge on their site ;)

]]> By: Arielle http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/compliance-badges/#comment-36 Arielle Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:31:28 +0000 http://accessibility.net.nz/?p=69#comment-36 I'd rather think that websites should be accessible by default. As Leo puts it, it's the unnecessary gimmicks that pose as challenges. Perhaps, it's better to have a non-accessibility badge than to have an accessibility badge so that people will know that they shouldn't expect too much from a website because of the gimmicks? :) I'd rather think that websites should be accessible by default. As Leo puts it, it's the unnecessary gimmicks that pose as challenges. Perhaps, it's better to have a non-accessibility badge than to have an accessibility badge so that people will know that they shouldn't expect too much from a website because of the gimmicks? :)

]]> By: Leo http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/compliance-badges/#comment-33 Leo Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:22:24 +0000 http://accessibility.net.nz/?p=69#comment-33 Nicolas, I totally agree with you. Most of the time badges are used to make the site owner feel good about his / her website and not in the interest of the (disabled) visitor. What people tend to forget is that a web page, if coded properly, is accessible by default. It's bad coding practices or unnecessary gimmicks (flash, javascript...) that make the page less accessible and sometimes non-accessible. Nicolas,

I totally agree with you.

Most of the time badges are used to make the site owner feel good about his / her website and not in the interest of the (disabled) visitor.

What people tend to forget is that a web page, if coded properly, is accessible by default. It's bad coding practices or unnecessary gimmicks (flash, javascript…) that make the page less accessible and sometimes non-accessible.

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