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From: chagnon@pubcom.com
Date: Apr 26, 2020 3:35PM


Supporting Steve and his original request. Although there was a bit of snark
in his original post, we've found the same with web developers knowledge of
accessibility.

There ARE developers who know it well, but they are few and usually booked
to the hilt.

I'd love to find one or more who we can use for our own website and
recommend to our clients.

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-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Steve
Green
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 3:44 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] how do I find a developer who knows accessibility

Larry, I'm sorry if you took my comments the wrong way. In nearly 20 years
of testing and countless hundreds of projects, we have only seen a handful
of pages that were fully WCAG AA conformant, and even the smallest and
simplest websites contained non-conformances. Many of those developers would
say they know accessibility, but for some reason that knowledge has never
resulted in a conformant website. The next time your group is looking for a
testing company we would be happy to do a couple of days' testing free of
charge.

Regards,
Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Larry
C. Lyons
Sent: 26 April 2020 20:17
To: Webaim Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] how do I find a developer who knows accessibility

Steve,

Your remark was uncalled for, and an insult to us developers who do happen
know accessibility. The next time our group is looking for a testing
company, I am sure I'll take your snippy and insulting comment into
consideration.

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 14:04, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:10:11 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] how do I find a developer who knows
> accessibility Even if you believe in a multiverse where every possible
> outcome occurs in a universe somewhere, I'm still not sure you'll find
> a developer who understands accessibility.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>