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From: Spruill Kevin
Date: Dec 14, 2006 12:17PM

Wendy et al,

First, I second that motion (and emotion) - but also recognize that I'm
in the minority among developers and designers. Not because all are
"lazy" (easy w/ the blanket statements out there folks), but more often
because no one has taught them how, let alone why.

This reality will not change until that fundamental shift is made in the
education/creation/empowerment of new developers and designers... Come
on, think about it - it's taken how long for Usability to become a
consideration... And even now a lot of times it is lacking in scope and
consideration (as noted by the other commentors seminar experience).

'Course, the flip side is that the resulting specialization can be an
economic boon for developers such as myself at times. I'd much rather be
out of work because there was no need for "specialists" though.

Just my rambling $.02 - Good thesis topic by the way.


Kevin Spruill
IT Specialist
Information Resources Accessibility Program
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