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While I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the judge in the article, your comment almost makes the case for legislating. The disabled are a disadvantaged min
by gdubs 14y ago
While I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the judge in the article, your comment almost makes the case for legislating. The disabled are a disadvantaged minority, that by definition don't provide much of a profit motive for developers. Even when you consider the relatives of disabled people, there's still going to be a lot of devs who just don't think it's worth the money.
- getsat 14y agoLegislation like this would be unenforceable at the scale the internet operates at, even in a small country. If I whip up a HTML5/CSS3 website over the weekend that does nothing to be accessible, is it still technically accessible? The entire document is readable with a screenreader even though the contents may be out of order if your reader does not support CSS (or even a certain CSS revision). What if I use Facebook Connect exclusively to let people login? That's not gonna work with a screen reader. Who, exactly, will be judging my site to ensure compliance with this legislation? Are they really going to ensure compliance of every page on every website? Nothing against disabled people (and I, like most people probably do, have some in my extended family), but if I'm building a lean startup and getting stuff out to market quickly, I'm not going to do an accessibility pass. Sorry. If this does become law, you'll start to see Internet entrepreneurs move to more accommodating countries like Singapore as Western countries continue to legislate everything in sight.