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From: Michael Goddard
Date: May 15, 2003 10:41AM

I think that this tool has been designed for people who have a pretty good
grasp or knowledge of the tools of the trade (HTML, XHTML, CSS, WCAG and
Sect. 508).

No tool is going to replace common sense. I am a firm believer that if you
are in the business of creating web pages or developing web sites/intranets
etc. Then you SHOULD have a strong background knowledge of the tools listed
above and not be relying on tools such as LIFT, FrontPage or Dreamweaver to
be the magic pixie dust! I honestly don't see how any site created in
FrontPage could be made accessible based on the WCAG or Section 508 without
having to manually edit the code. Too much proprietary code is generated by
the tool.

My point: Commercial tools are ok to work with, but nothing replaces the
knowledge of knowing the material and working with it hands on!

My .2

Michael