looking for recommendations for web development companies

[Eric Shubert]

Thanks Scott.

BTW, bad things happen when Marketing (or Accounting) drives anything 
related to IT. That's been happening for decades. ;)

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

On 10/15/2010 12:48 PM, Scott Piazza wrote:
> The US Government has a mandate to ensure that all of their pages meet
> Section 508 compliance ( http://www.section508.gov/ ). The last company
> I worked for in DC did a few web apps for NASA and a few other agencies,
> and they had to be checked against a standard checklist for
> accessibility.  That doesn't necessarily mean turning off flash and all
> that, just that the web site has to give everyone access to the same
> information somehow.
>
> The ADA regulations are typically more about the design of a building
> and site, or other physical accommodations for those with some type of
> disability.  I don't think it gets to the level of detail of web
> accessibility, but I could be wrong (haven't read the whole regs).
>
> Personally, I think that the Section 508 rules should be followed when
> practical.  I'm definitely not a fan of those all flash / no substance
> pages.  But when marketing drives web design, sometimes bad things can
> happen.
>
> - Scott
>
> On 2010-10-15 16:53, Eric Shubert wrote:
>
>>
>> I see that the ADA regulations were revised recently, and will be taking
>> effect 3/15/11 (http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/ADAregs2010.htm).
>>
>> I wonder, to any ADA regulations cover this sort of thing, at least for
>> government sites? How about guidelines for NGOs and other sites?
>>
>> Please forgive me for not finding the answers myself.
>>
>> --
>> -Eric 'shubes'
>