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Re[2]: examples of accessible sites

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From: Iain Harrison
Date: Sep 20, 2004 4:23AM

Monday, September 20, 2004, 11:01:44 AM, martin wrote:

> * http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
> - UK government treasury website, meets WAI level AAA

It failed Cynthia's automatic checks even for just A standard.
The HTML is valid, though.

> * http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
> - surely needs no introduction - commended by the Disability Rights
> Commission here in the UK (http://www.drc-gb.org/)

Invalid HTML (itself a WAI failure) and it failed Cynthia WAI
validation even for A standard.

> * http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/
> - a UK government run site aimed at small businesses,

Fails both HTML validation and Cynthia WAI validation AA standard.

> built to meet RNIB's
> See It Right standard (a selection of WAI's most relevant A, AA and AAA
> checkpoints - http://www.rnib.org.uk/)

This is an interesting approach. Are we to ignore all disabled
people whose disability isn't sight impairment? The WAI already have
a hierarchy of what is most important: A, AA and AAA standards.

> * http://www.chatsworth-house.co.uk/
> - a site for a beautiful stately home in the North of England - meets
> RNIB's See It Right standard

Invalid HTML and it fails to meet WAI AA standards.


I also note that all these sites use a fixed-width design that gives
the user no control over line lengths.

In fairness, they are all to be commended for having made an effort, but
before holding them up as an example of good practice, perhaps we
should get them to reach the basic minimum standards!


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Iain