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From: jdrew
Date: Jan 13, 2005 6:13PM

Dear Mr. Moore,

Thank you very much for the input. I am aware of the ned for "human
evalaution" relative to accessiblity. I appreciate your help--and the
link.

Joe Drew

----- Original Message -----
From: mmoore
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:29 pm
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Welcome to the WebAIM Discussion List

>
> Actually the web based tools will validate the html code that is
> created
> through asp. The tools that I have used to test sites generated
> through asp and php include Bobby, Cynthia Says, and Lift for
> accessibility and the W3Cs html and css validators for the html
> and css
> code.
>
> It is important to remember that automated tools can only catch
> about
> 25-30% of accessibility problems. For instance they can tell you
> if an
> image has an alt attribute but not whether the text in that
> attribute is
> appropriate, or if a long description (either available through a
> visible link, information on the web page, or the much maligned
> longdesc
> attribute is necessary) - that takes a human.
>
> For a really good discussion of the limitations of automated
> accessibility testers I recommend Jim Thatcher's web site
> "Accessibility, what not to do" http://www.jimthatcher.com/whatnot.htm
>
> Mike
>
> jdrew wrote:
> > Well thank you very much Darrel.
> >
> > Joe Drew
> > <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "darrel.austin"
> > Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:54 pm
> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Welcome to the WebAIM Discussion List
> >
> >
> >>jdrew wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am in need of a web based validator for ASP websites. Does anyone
> > know of such a thing? There are plenty for HTML, but not for ASP.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>There's no such thing. ASP is processed on the server before it
> is
> >>sent, so it's impossible to do this via a web-based tool.
> >>
> >>What you need to worry about is the HTML that the ASP code spits
> out.>>
> >>As for writing valid ASP, your server will tell you if it's not
> >>(with plenty > of errors... ;o)
> >>
> >>-Darrel
> >>
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