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Re: [LUG] Cornwall County Council website



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On Wednesday 09 July 2003 22:34, Paul weaver wrote:
> As for the useless website, point out that using VBScript unfairly
> discriminates against disabled people, which I believe is now against
> the law (well, they have to provide a non-IE version within a week or
> so). Someone else probably has more information on it, but the
> legistation came in last September.

Which falls into the "why didn't I think of that response" category :)

- From http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html
"Priority 1 checkpoints ... Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, 
applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If 
this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative 
accessible page."

As I have not seen the form in question I might entertain the possibility 
that it is accessible to those who use accessibility technologies linked 
to Internet Explorer (but I doubt it!).  Which would raise the question - 
would it be against the law for public bodies to provide web pages which 
are accessible but only through the use of a particular vendor's 
solutions?

Tony

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