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" Getting accessibility right would be costly and complicated" What's costly and complicated about plain old HTML?
by GiraffeNecktie 15y ago
" Getting accessibility right would be costly and complicated" What's costly and complicated about plain old HTML?
- ugh 15y agoThe restaurant owners of my example usually don’t even know what HTML is. They have to hire someone to do it for them (that’s the costly part) and they also have to find out who to hire (that’s the complicated part, given that they have no idea about HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash and accessibility).
- patio11 15y agoWhat's costly and complicated about plain old HTML? Customer: We want a menu on our website. Developer: We can do that. The meter is running. Customer: Crikey that meter goes up quickly. Just OCR it! That should be almost free! Developer: We can do that. The meter is running. Customer: There are all sorts of speling mistkes! Fix them! Developer: We can do that. The meter is running. Customer: Now all the text is right but it looks nothing like the menu! We're a freaking restaurant. We spent thousands of dollars to make the menu look good because it is the freaking menu. Make with that HTML and CSS... stuff! Developer: We can do that. The meter is running. Customer: Finally, we're getting somewhere! But the description of Chicken Genovese overlaps with the wine list when viewed on an obsolete browser or a Kindle! Make with the fixings! Developer: We can do that. The meter is running.
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