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Originally Posted by tomed  Well you did use the analogy of the barbers with medals outside and it's likely to "win" the customer. |
I did indeed but based on the outward appearance to the customer. Anywho, I said it was a silly example at the time...
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Originally Posted by tomed I said that anyone with basic web development knowledge would be able to create a standards compliant website. |
And I was saying that I don't believe this is true. And the internet proves it. In abundance.
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Originally Posted by tomed however, in the real world you don't need to be standards compliant to have a successful, attractive, functional website. |
However you should be standards compliant. Even one WAI priority 1 issue makes a site very difficult to navigate using a screen reader or text only browser. However you don't need to go nuts and start ripping your site apart to try and fix it. Look at your demographic and the people who are going to use it and then try as hard as possible not to exclude anyone.
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Originally Posted by tomed I don't agree that non-standards compliance is a lack of understanding. And I really hate hearing people say that it's laziness. How is it lazy? Because it takes longer to do you think people aren't interested in doing it? I don't think so.
There are a number of reasons when running a business. Speed of delivery, the amount of time it takes to develop a complicated site in CSS over HTML and of course, the cost of that time. |
I think we're going to have to agree to disagree here. If you understand the issue then you should be doing it. It doesn't take long if you have the knowledge.
We have to stop treating the internet as a place full of perfect people. It isn't. We have to be more inclusive, and try to reach as many people as we can with our content. I feel that in Ireland we have a very inclusve culture and society. For example, we have better public transport access for wheelchair users than any other city I've been in. Every single new building has ramps or lifts etc. So I feel that we shouldn't ignore various groups on the internet because the time it would take to complete it.