On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:15 -0500, Wolf wrote: > ---- "Boyd wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Wolf [mailto:lonewolf@xxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:30 PM > > > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: basic php question... > > > > > > > > > ---- Richard Heyes <richard@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > users who browse without Javascript enabled, > > > > > > > > Heretics! > > > > > > Also remember, all US based sites have to be in compliance with ADA as > > > well, otherwise you'll spend a lot of time re-writing your stuff if it > > > doesn't work for someone to use a disabilities enabled browser to surf > > > your site. > > > > All U.S.-based GOVERNMENT and GOVERNMENT-RELATED sites (i.e., funded, regulated, etc.) have to be in compliance. If I'm making a version of Simon Says using PHP at my own leisure and putting it up for my friends and others to play, or if I'm designing a website management system for a company in the audiovisual industry, those without Javascript/Flash/Whatever can sit and spin. :) > > True, but how many people you want to send you email saying your site blew up their browser? I've had a number of sites that weren't Gov' funded or Gov' related that were still ADA because even private citizens can be said to be discriminating... Never know when someone will get upset and wanna sue. > > 1,000,000 lawyers in the laurential abyss... A good start! > It's a legal requirement in the UK now also. The Disability Discriminations Act see's to that. I also believe that Australia has a similar thing, and the EU is trying to bring something in as well. Testing sites in something like Lynx will show how it appears to some disability browsers (speech, Braille, etc) Also, there's a huge SEO factor to making your site accessible, so for a little bit of extra work, it can't hurt ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
